Peshawar District

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Peshawar District
Location of Peshawar District (highlighted in yellow) within the North West Frontier Province.
Area	km²
Population () • Density	• /km²
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Established • District Nazim • District Naib Nazim • District Council • Number of Tehsils	• • • seats •
Main language(s)
Website	[1]

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.

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]

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.

References

v • d • e Administrative divisions of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)

Capital	Peshawar

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