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Lower Dir District

Lower Dir District

District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan

Lower Dir District (Pashto: ښکته دير ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر زیریں) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Timergara city is the district's headquarter. This district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts. On 22 January 2023, both Lower Dir and Upper Dir districts were further bifurcated to create a new Central Dir District. Lower Dir contains a lot of valleys and mountains. "tajoka sar" was a mountain peak in Dir and the highest mountain peak in Lower Dir Kpk, Pakistan. The hight of Tajoka sar was 3308m (10853ft) from sea level. It is Located in BinShahi Valley, Lower Dir kpk, Pakistan.

Quick Facts ضلع دیر زیریںښکته دير ولسوالۍ‎, Country ...

Tajoka Sar (3 308m/10 853ft .) is a mountain in the Hindu Kush in Lower Dir kpk, Pakistan.

Lower Dir district borders with Swat District to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Upper Dir to the north and Malakand and Bajaur District to the south.

Recent History

At the time of independence of Pakistan, Dir was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. Until 1969, it was separated from Pakistan. However, in 1969, it was annexed with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2017 census, the district had 153,788 households and a population of 1,436,082. Lower Dir had a sex ratio of 1023 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 61.83% - 74.45% for males and 49.45% for females. 40,314 (2.81%) lived in urban areas. 33.42% of the population was under 10 years of age. 471 (0.03%) people in the district were from religious minorities. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 99.30% of the population.[3]

Education

Sudivisions

  1. Adenzai Tehsil
  2. Balambat Tehsil
  3. Khall Tehsil
  4. Lal Qilla Tehsil
  5. Munda Tehsil
  6. Samar Bagh Tehsil
  7. Timergara Tehsil

Administration

National Assembly

NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) are constituencies of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Lower Dir district. These areas were formerly part of NA-34 (Lower Dir) constituency from 1977 to 2018. The delimitation in 2018 split Lower Dir into two separate constituencies, NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II).

NA-34 constituency (2002-2018)

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Since 2018: NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)

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Provincial Assembly

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Notable people

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. [2]
    "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  3. [3]
    "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  4. [4]
    "Tribe seeks ban on sale, purchase of shared land". www.thenews.com.pk.
  5. [5]
    High Court, Peshawar (17 November 2016). "Judgment Sheet In The Peshawar High Court - The Government Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & Others Vs. Nawabzada Muhammad Shahabuddin Through Lrs & Others" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2024.

https://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=804
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