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Karak District
ضلع کرک
کرک ولسوالۍ
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Landscape in Karak district
Landscape in Karak district
Karak District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Karak District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
CountryKarak District Pakistan
ProvinceKarak District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionKohat
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerSharukh Ali Khan[1]
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total1,234 km2 (476 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total705,362
 • Density570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils3
languageaPashto & Urdu
Websitekarak.kp.gov.pk

Karak District (Pashto: کرک ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع کرکpronounce) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 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 131 km from the provincial capital Peshawar. It gained a district status in 1982, prior to which it was part of Kohat District.[3]: 1 

It is natively inhabited by the Khattak Pashtun tribe who make the majority of the population.

  1. ^ "Karak".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2017census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 1998 District Census report of Karak. Census publication. Vol. 97. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.

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