Kohat Division
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Kohat Division is one of the seven divisions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It consists of five districts: Hangu, Karak, Kohat, Kurram, and Orakzai. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the division had a population of 3,211,458, making it the third-least populous division in the province. Its area is 12,377 km2 (4,779 sq mi). Thus, it is also the fourth-largest division by area in the province. Kohat is the division's largest city and its namesake. Kohat city has a population of 220,000. The division borders Bannu Division to the south and west, Peshawar Division to the north and east, the province of Punjab to the east, and Afghanistan to the northwest.
History[edit]
| Kohat Division
کوہاٹ ڈویژن کوهاټ څانګه | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 33°30′00″N 71°03′00″E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Capital | Kohat City |
| Districts | 5 |
| Formation | 1976 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | N/A |
| • Regional Police Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,377 km2 (4,779 sq mi) |
| • Rank (by area) | 4th in kpk |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,211,458 |
| • Male | 1,093,141 |
| •Female | 1,123,275 |
| • Transgende | 184 |
| • Urban | 19.11 |
| • Population in 1938 | 1,307,969 |
| • 1998-2017 Average Annual Growth Rate | 2.81 |
| • Density | 316.07 per. Sq. km |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| National Assembly Seats (2018) | Total (6) |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Seats (2018) | Total (10) |
| Major Tourist Attraction | Kohat fort, Kohat Tunnel, Shakardara, Khushhal Garh, Tanda Dam, Tanda Wildlife Park |
| Website | ckd.kp.gov.pk |
Main article: History of the Districts and Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In 1941, the area which today covers the division (excluding Orakzai and Kurram) was known as Kohat District. Kohat District was one of five trans-Indus districts in the North-West Frontier Province of British India. It was split into the Tehsils of Hangu, Kohat, and Teri. Here is a description of the area given by the Imperial Gazetteer of India.
Central District of the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 32° 48' and 33° 45'N. and 70° 30' and 72° 1' E., with an area of 2,973 square miles. The district has the shape of an irregular rhomboid, which one arm stretching north-east towards the Khwarra-Zira forest in Peshāwar District. It is bounded on the north by Peshāwar District, and by the hills inhabited by the Jowāki and Pass Afrīdis; on the north-west by Orakzai Tīrāh; on the south-west by the Kābul Khel territory (Wazīristān); on the south-east by Bannu and the Miānwālī District of the Punjab; and on the east by the Indus. Its greatest length in 104 miles, and its greatest width 50 miles. The District consists of a succession of ranges of broken hills, whose general trend is east and west, and between which lie open valleys, seldom more than 4 or 5 miles in width. These ranges are of no great height, though several peaks attain an altitude of 4,700 or 4,900 feet. As the District is generally elevated, Hangu to the northward being 2,800 feet and Kohāt, its head-quarters, 1,700 feet above sea-level, the ranges rise to only inconsiderable heights above the plain. The general slope is to the east, towards the Indus, but on the south-west the fall is towards the west into the Kurram river. The principal streams are the Kohāt and Teri Tois (‘streams’), both tributaries of the Indus, and the Shkalai which flows into the Kurram. The Kohāt Toi rises in the Māmozai hills. It has but a small perennial flow, which disapeears before it reaches the town of Kohāt, but the stream reappears some miles lower down and thence flows continuously to the Indus. The Teri Toi has little or no perennial flow, and the Shkalai is also small, though perennial. The most fertile part is the Hangu tahsīl, which comprises the valley of Lower and Upper Mīrānzai. The rest of the district consists of ranges of hills much broken into spurs, ravines, and valleys, which are sometimes cultivated but more often bare and sandy. —
Kurram, on the other hand, was an agency in the province bordering Kohat District. It is also described in the Gazetteer.
A Political Agency in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 19' and 34° 3' N. and 69° 39' and 70° 28' E., and comprising that section of the valley of the Kurram river which lies between the Peiwar Kotal in the west and the borders of Mīrānzai in the east. The Agency has an area of about 1,278 square miles, its maximum length from Thal to the Peiwar Kotal being 72 miles as the crow flies, and its breadth varying from 12 to 24 miles. Bounded on the north by the Safed Koh or 'White Mountain' (called in Pashtū the Spīn Ghar), which separates it from Ningrahār, it adjoins Pāra-Chamkanni and the country of the Māssozai section of the Orakzai and that of the Zaimusht tribe on the east, its south-eastern corner abutting on the Mīrānzai country of Kohāt District. On the south it borders on Northern Wazīristān; and on the south-west and west it is contiguous with the Afghān district of Khost, of which the Jāji Maidan or plain, the Chamkanni country, and Hariob Jāji lie on its western extremity. —
At that time, the area that would later become Orakzai District was an unadministered patch of land known as Tīrāh. Its description is below.
A mountainous tract of ‘unadministered’ territory in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 37' and 34°N 70° 30' and 71° 15' E. It is inhabited in the summer months by all the sections of the Orakzai, two sections of the Jowāki Afrīdis, and by the Kulla Khel Afrīdis. The name is also used in an extended sense to include almost the whole territory except the Bāzār and Khyber valleys inhabited by these tribed, the portions occupied by them in the winter months being distinguished as Lower Tīrāh. Tīrāh thus consists of the country watered by the Mastūrah, one of the main branches of the Bārā, which flows through the centre of the country, the Khānki Toi, and the Khurmāna — three rivers which rise within a few miles of Mittughar (12,470 feet), a point on the Safed Koh in 33° 55' N. and 70° 37' E. —
At the time of the One Unit policy, Kohat District became a part of the then-much-larger Peshawar Division. When the policy ended, though, Kohat District stayed in the division.
The area received full-fledged division status between the Pakistani censuses of 1981 and 1998, and during the same time period, Hangu Tehsil and Karak Tehsil (formerly Teri Tehsil) were also upgraded, to district status (becoming Hangu District and Lakki Marwat District).
In August 2000, Kohat Division was abolished along with every other division in the country, but was reinstated (with all the other divisions of Pakistan) eight years later after the elections of 2008.
In 2018, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. This entirely and fully merged the seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the six Frontier Regions with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. With this merger, Kohat Division gained the agencies of Kurram and Orakzai, which became districts, and the Frontier Region Kohat (which was fully merged into Kohat District as Darra Adam Khel Subdivision).Kohat Division
Geography[edit]
Kohat Division has a total area of 12,377 km2 (4,779 sq mi). Kurram and Karak Districts are the two largest districts in the division, having areas of 3,380 km2 (1,310 sq mi) and 3,371 km2 (1,302 sq mi) respectively. Together they make up about 55% of the area of the division. Kohat District, despite being the most populous, comes in as the third-largest district in the province with an area of 2,991 km2 (1,155 sq mi). The two smaller districts of the division, Hangu (with an area of only 1,097 km2 (424 sq mi)) and Orakzai (with an area of 1,538 km2 (594 sq mi)) make up the interior of the division, wedged between the three larger districts to their west and east.
The important Kurram River (a major tributary of the Indus River) begins in this division, in Kurram District.
Climate[edit]
Located at an elevation of None meters (0 feet) above sea level, Kohat has a Humid subtropical, no dry season climate (Classification: Cfa). The district’s yearly temperature is 19.15ºC (66.47ºF) and it is -1.74% lower than Pakistan’s averages. Kohat typically receives about 128.57 millimeters (5.06 inches) of precipitation and has 142.08 rainy days (38.93% of the time) annually.[1]
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Languages[edit]
Historically Kohat was home of local Kohatis who use to speak dialect of Punjabi Language (Kohati /Hindko). After demographic changes in recent decades due to Afghan Refugees and Tribal peoples arrival, Pashto language speakers are in majority today. Urdu being National language is also spoken and understood. The main tribes of Kohat are Banoori, Bangash, Kohati, Orakzai, Khattak, Shenwari, Afridi etc..[2]
Economy[edit]
The agricultural production of Kohat is among the highest in the entire province, largely thanks to irrigation system and fertility of the land.[3]
Tourism[edit]
Kohat is known for crops, vegetables and fruits like wheat, barley, onions, guava, pomegranate and persimmons. Guava is the major fruit of Kohat and is famous for its quality and taste. The mouthwatering Chapli Kabab is the favorite cuisine of people living in Kohat as well as the outsiders coming to visit Kohat.[4]
Notable People[edit]
- Ahmad Faraz Famous Pakistani Poet who was born in Kohat
- Iftikhar Hussain Shah Former Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
- Malik Saad
- Afzal Bangash Politician and co-founder and president of the Mazdoor Kisan Party
- Shahid Afridi (Urdu: شاہد افریدی; Pashto: شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1980, chiefly known as Shahid Afridi, also referred to in the media as Boom Boom, is a Pakistani international cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.
- Rohan Mustafa, Pakistani-born United Arab Emirates cricketer.
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