Kohat

For other uses, see Kohat (disambiguation).
Kohat
  • کوهاټ
  • کوہاٹ
City
Ghamkol Sharif, a shrine associated with the Naqshbandi order of Sufism within Sunni Islam
Ghamkol Sharif, a shrine associated with the Naqshbandi order of Sufism within Sunni Islam
Location of the city of Kohat within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan
Location of the city of Kohat within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan
Kohat
Location of the city of Kohat within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan
Location of the city of Kohat within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan
Kohat
Coordinates: 33°35′N 71°26′E / 33.583°N 71.433°E / 33.583; 71.433
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionKohat Division
DistrictKohat District
TehsilKohat Tehsil
Government
[2]
 • TypeMayor-council
 • BodyDistrict Government
 • MayorShair Zaman[1] (JUI-F)
 • Deputy MayorN/A
 • Deputy CommissionerAbdul Akram Chitrali (PMS)]]
 • District Police OfficerUmar Khan (BPS-18 PSP)
Elevation
489 m (1,604 ft)
Population
 (2017)[3]
 • City
228,779
 • Rank35th, Pakistan
4th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 Kohat Municipal Committee: 191,844
Kohat Cantonment: 36,935
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
Calling code+92 922
Highways N-55
N-80
Number of union councils31
Websitekohat.kp.gov.pk

Kohat (Pashto: کوهاټ; Urdu: کوہاٹ) is a city that serves as the capital of the Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is regarded as a centre of the Bangash tribe of Pashtuns, who have lived in the region since the late 15th century.[4] With a population of over 220,000 people,[3] the city is the fourth-largest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the 35th-largest in Pakistan in terms of population. Kohat's immediate environs were the site of frequent armed skirmishes between British colonialist forces and local tribesmen in the mid to late 19th century. It is centred on a British-era fort, various bazaars, and a military cantonment. Pashto and the Kohati dialect of Hindko are the main languages spoken in Kohat.

The city of Kohat is also the namesake of and largest city in the Kohat Division, being over four times larger than the second-largest city in the division: Karak.

  1. ^ "Kohat City Council - KPK Local Body Election Result 2021". Geo News. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ "District Kohat". Department of Local Government, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KOHAT DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. ^ commissioner.), Henry St George Tucker (officiating deputy (1884). Report on the settlement of the Kohat district in the Panjáb.