Peshawar Destrict
Peshawar پېښور | |
|---|---|
 Location o Peshawar Destrict (heichlichtit in yellae) athin the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa map | |
| Kintra |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Caipital | Peshawar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1257 km2 (485 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,650,000 |
| • Density | 1606.3/km2 (4,160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Peshawar (Pashto: پېښور) is a destrict in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province o Pakistan. Till diveesions wur abolished as pairt o local govrenment reforms in 2000 it wis pairt o Peshawar Diveesion. The ceety o Peshawar, as well as bein the provincial caipital, is the caipital o the destrict. The aurie o the destrict is 1,257 km2, an at the 1998 Pakistan Census it haed a population o 4,650,000 (up frae 1,113,303 at the previous 1981 Census).
Ceevic admeenistration o Peshawar Destrict[eedit | eedit soorce]
Unner the latest revision o Pakistan's admeenistrative structur, promulgated in 2001, Peshawar wis gien status as a ceety destrict, an dividit intae fower touns. Each toun in turn consists o a group o union cooncils (UCs).
Admeenistrative touns[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Peshawar Town I
- Peshawar Town II
- Peshawar Town III
- Peshawar Town IV
Admeenistration[eedit | eedit soorce]
The destrict is representit in the provincial assembly bi eleiven electit MPAs who represent the follaein constituencies:[1]
- PF-1 (Peshawar-1)
- PF-2 (Peshawar-2)
- PF-3 (Peshawar-3)
- PF-4 (Peshawar-4)
- PF-5 (Peshawar-5)
- PF-6 (Peshawar-6)
- PF-7 (Peshawar-7)
- PF-8 (Peshawar-8)
- PF-9 (Peshawar-9)
- PF-10 (Peshawar-10)
- PF-11 (Peshawar-11)
The destrict is representit in the provincial assembly bi twa electit MPAs who represent the follaein constituencies:[2]
Leids[eedit | eedit soorce]
The main leid o the destrict is Pashto, ither leids spoken in the destrict are leetit belaw:
- Urdu, the lingua franca bein naitional leid is spoken an unnerstuid an aw.
- Hindko, a Punjabi dialect spoken bi the majority o the ceety's population till the 1980s
- Staundart Panjabi, mainly concentratit in the ceety centre an cantonment auries
- Saraiki, a Panjabi dialect spoken bi fowk frae DI Khan
- Khowar, bi fowk frae Chitral
- Kohistani, bifowk frae Northren Swat an Kohistani Destrict.
- Dari/Hazaragi/Farsi/Tajik, varieties o Persie bi Afghan refugees
Ither leids include Gojri, Kashmiri, Shina, Romani, Burushaski, Wakhi, Balti, Balochi, Brahui, Sindhi an Inglis (offeecial an uised in tourism).
Anerly Urdu an Inglis are foond as written leids in the ceety, wi Pashto tae a hintle smawer extent.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
The oreeginal destrict o Peshawar wis a destrict o the North-wast Frontier Province o Breetish Indie.[3] At unthirldom in 1947 the auld Peshawar Destrict became Peshawar Diveesion, conteenin the current destrict o Peshawar.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP". Archived frae the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP". Archived frae the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Peshawār District - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 111.
