Top: Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist ruins Bottom: Hills near Mian Khan
Swabi District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country
Pakistan
Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division
Mardan
Headquarters
Mardan
Government
• Type
District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner
Mr. Habibullah Arif
• Assistant Commissioner
Mr. Muhammad Shojain Vistro
Area
• Total
1,632 km2 (630 sq mi)
Population
(2017)[1]
• Total
2,373,399
• Density
1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
• Urban
439,325
• Rural
1,933,736
Time zone
UTC+5 (PST)
Languages
98.4% Pashto[2]: 33
Number of Tehsils
6
Website
mardan.kp.gov.pk
Mardan District (Pashto: مردان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع مردان) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[3][4] The district is named after Mardan city, which is also the headquarters of the district. The district is famous for its agriculture industry and its archaeological sites, specifically of Takht-i-Bhai,[5][6] Jamal Garhi[7] and Sawal Dher.[6][8][9]
The main tribe of Mardan is Yusufzai, that contribute more than half of the district population, there are also the more minor settled tribes such as the Mohmand, Utmankhel, Tareen and Khalil
^Cite error: The named reference 2017census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^1998 District Census report of Mardan. Census publication. Vol. 28. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
^"Mardan District Demographics". Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^"Mardan district council approves budget". Dawn (newspaper). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^Khaliq, Fazal (1 June 2015). "Takht-i-Bhai: A Buddhist monastery in Mardan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ ab"Unesco, Norway to preserve archaeological sites in NWFP". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^APP (17 April 2012). "KP launches awareness campaign on archeological sites". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^"Mining posing major threat to archaeological site in Mardan - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^"MARDAN: Illegal digging at archaeological sites continues". DAWN.COM. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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