Swabi
Swabi
City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Swabi (Pashto: صوابۍ; Urdu: صوابی) is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located near the bank of the Indus River.[2] It is the 73rd largest city of Pakistan and eighth largest in the province in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[citation needed] Swabi is also a major city in the Mardan Division, where it is the second-largest city.[citation needed]
Swabi
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City | |
| Coordinates: 34°7′12.5580″N 72°28′12.5544″E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Swabi |
| Tehsil | Swabi |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 1,894,600 |
| • Rank | 73rd, Pakistan 8th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | +92 938 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | — | |
| 1972 | 37,292 | — |
| 1981 | 46,344 | +24.3% |
| 1998 | 80,157 | +73.0% |
| 2017 | 123,412 | +54.0% |
| Source: [3] | ||
According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the city of Swabi had 1,894,600 inhabitants, making it the eighth-largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These inhabitants were distributed across 16,212 households, for an average household size of 7.61 in Swabi.[4] Swabi experienced quick growth throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, with its population nearly quintupling over a mere 40 years. However, this growth trajectory has gradually decelerated over time. Between 1998 and 2017, the city's population exhibited an increase of only 2.29% annually.[5]
Swabi has a warm and temperate climate. With hot and humid summers and mild winters, Swabi features a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa). The average temperature in Swabi is 22.2 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 639 mm. November is the driest month with an average rainfall of 12 mm, while August is the wettest month with an average of 137 mm of precipitation.
June is the hottest month of the year, with an average temperature of 32.9 °C. January is the coldest month, with an average temperature of 10.2 °C.
| Climate data for Swabi | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
41.4 (106.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
29.6 (85.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
14.8 (58.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55 (2.2) |
58 (2.3) |
69 (2.7) |
47 (1.9) |
23 (0.9) |
25 (1.0) |
110 (4.3) |
137 (5.4) |
58 (2.3) |
14 (0.6) |
12 (0.5) |
31 (1.2) |
639 (25.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
Following are some of the notable educational institutes in Swabi:
- Dawood Khan Yousafzai, Pakistani famous MMA World champion born in Swabi[11]
- "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Swabi". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09.
- "redirect to /world/PK/03/Swabi.doc". www.fallingrain.com.
- "TABLE-1: AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Administrative Units.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (SWABI DISTRICT)" (PDF). SWABI_BLOCKWISE.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics". www.pbs.gov.pk.
- "Climate: Swabi - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". University of Swabi. 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- "Good morning, Khyber!". 20 April 2014.