Karak District (Karak District)
It is natively inhabited by the Khattak Pashtun tribe who make the majority of the population.
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 705,362, of which 348,315 were males and 357,004 females. Rural population was 654,276 (92.76%) while the urban population was 51,086 (7.24%). The literacy rate was 63.75% - the male literacy rate was 84.37% while the female literacy rate was 44.41%. 285 people in the district were from religious minorities. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 99.16% of the population.
Map - Karak District (Karak District)
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Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley civilisation of the Bronze Age, the most extensive of the civilisations of the Afro-Eurasia, and the ancient Gandhara civilization. The region that comprises the modern state of Pakistan was the realm of multiple empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid; briefly that of Alexander the Great; the Seleucid, the Maurya, the Kushan, the Gupta; the Umayyad Caliphate in its southern regions, the Hindu Shahis, the Ghaznavids, the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Durranis, the Omani Empire, the Sikh Empire, British East India Company rule, and most recently, the British Indian Empire from 1858 to 1947.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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PKR | Pakistani rupee | ₨ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
PA | Panjabi language |
PS | Pashto language |
SD | Sindhi language |
UR | Urdu |