Karak District

Karak District Khattak
District
Karak
Bahadur Khel salt hill
Coordinates: 33°08′N 71°05′E / 33.133°N 71.083°E / 33.133; 71.083Coordinates: 33°08′N 71°05′E / 33.133°N 71.083°E / 33.133; 71.083
Country	Pakistan
Established	Karak was granted district status in July 1982
Headquarters	Karak
Government
• District Nazim	Dr Omer Daraz
• District Naib Nazim	vacant
Area
• Total	3,372 km² (1,302 sq mi)
Population (2014 (est))
• Total	729,000
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Number of Tehsils	3

Karak (Pashto: کرك, Urdu: کرک‎) is a district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is situated to the south of Kohat District and on the north side of Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi - it is 123 km from the provincial capital Peshawar.

Administrative divisions

The district of Karak is administratively subdivided into three tehsils.

Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Provincial capital: Peshawar

Bannu	Bannu Lakki Marwat

Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan Tank

Hazara	Abbottabad Battagram Haripur Lower Kohistan Mansehra Torghar Upper Kohistan

Kohat	Hangu Karak Kohat

Malakand	Buner Chitral Lower Dir Malakand Shangla Swat Upper Dir

Mardan	Mardan Swabi

Peshawar	Charsadda Nowshera Peshawar

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