Peshawar District
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| Peshawar District | |
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| — District — | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | North-West Frontier Province |
| Capital | Peshawar |
| Established | |
| Government | |
| - District Nazim | |
| - District Naib Nazim | |
| Area | |
| - Total | 1,257 km2 (485.3 sq mi) |
| Population (1998) | |
| - Total | 2,019,118 |
| - Density | 1,606.3/km2 (4,160.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Peshawar is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Until divisions were abolished as part of local government reforms in 2000 it was part of Peshawar Division. The city of Peshawar, as well as being the provincial capital, is the capital of the district. The area of the district is 1,257 km2, and at the 1998 Pakistan Census it had a population of 2,019,118 (up from 1,113,303 at the previous 1981 Census).
[edit] Administration
The district is represented in the provincial assembly by eleven elected MPAs who represent the following 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 district is represented in the provincial assembly by two elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: [2]
[edit] History
The original district of Peshawar was a district of the North-West Frontier Province of British India.[3] At independence in 1947 the old Peshawar District became Peshawar Division, containing the current district of Peshawar.
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Coordinates: 34°00′N 71°45′E / 34°N 71.75°E
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