Swabi
Swabi (صوابۍ; ) is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, located near the banks of the Indus River. It is the 73rd largest city of Pakistan and eighth largest in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Swabi is also a key city in Mardan Division, where it is the second-largest city.
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the city of Swabi had 123,412 inhabitants, making it the eighth-largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These inhabitants were spread out among 16,212 households, making the average household size in Swabi 7.61. Swabi experienced quick growth throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, as the population of Swabi grew nearly fivefold in just 40 years. The city's growth has, though, over time, slowed down, and between the years of 1998 and 2017, its population only grew at a rate of 2.29% every year.
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the city of Swabi had 123,412 inhabitants, making it the eighth-largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These inhabitants were spread out among 16,212 households, making the average household size in Swabi 7.61. Swabi experienced quick growth throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, as the population of Swabi grew nearly fivefold in just 40 years. The city's growth has, though, over time, slowed down, and between the years of 1998 and 2017, its population only grew at a rate of 2.29% every year.
Map - Swabi
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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 |