Mardan District
ضلع مردان مردان ولسوالۍ | |
|---|---|
| Mardan | |
  Top: Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist ruins Bottom: Hills near Mian Khan | |
 Swabi District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Mardan |
| Headquarters | Mardan |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mr. Habibullah Arif |
| • Assistant Commissioner | Mr. Muhammad Shojain Vistro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,632 km2 (630 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,744,898 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 453,457 (16.52%) |
| • Rural | 2,291,441 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 6 |
| Website | mardan |
Mardan District (Pashto: مردان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع مردان) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2][3] The district is named after Mardan city, which is also the headquarters of the district. The district is famous for its agriculture industry and its archaeological sites, specifically of Takht-i-Bhai,[4][5] Jamal Garhi[6] and Sawal Dher.[5][7][8]
The main tribe of Mardan is Yusufzai, that contribute more than half of the district population, there are also the more minor settled tribes such as the Mohmand, Utmankhel, Tareen and Khalil.[9][10][11]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2023 censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Mardan District Demographics". Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Mardan district council approves budget". Dawn (newspaper). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ Khaliq, Fazal (1 June 2015). "Takht-i-Bhai: A Buddhist monastery in Mardan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Unesco, Norway to preserve archaeological sites in NWFP". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ APP (17 April 2012). "KP launches awareness campaign on archeological sites". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Mining posing major threat to archaeological site in Mardan - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "MARDAN: Illegal digging at archaeological sites continues". DAWN.COM. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Commissioner Mardan – Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa History of Mardan
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