Mardan District
Mardan District
ضلع مردان مردان ولسوالۍ | |
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| Mardan | |
Top: Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist ruins Bottom: Hills near Mian Khan | |
Mardan 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 (2023) | |
• Total | 2,744,898 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 453,457 (16.52%) |
| • Rural | 2,291,441 |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 6 |
| Website | mardan |
Mardan District (Pashto: مردان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع مردان) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. 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, Jamal Garhi and Sawal Dher.
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.