Peshawar Division
Peshawar Division
پشاور ڈویژن پېښور څانګه | |
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Peshawar Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Capital | Peshawar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Mayor | Zubair Khan (JUI-F) |
| • Commissioner | Riaz Khan Mehsud (BPS-20 PCS) |
| • Capital City Police Officer | Syed Ashfaq Anwar (BPS-20 PSP) |
| Area | |
| 4,001 km2 (1,545 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023) | |
| 10,035,171 | |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,635,067 (26.26%) |
| • Rural | 7,400,104 (73.74%) |
| Language Speakers | |
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| Literacy | |
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| Website | cpd |
Peshawar Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It was abolished in the reforms of 2000, like all divisions, but reinstated in 2008. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Until 1976, Peshawar Division contained the districts of Hazara and Kohat, when they both became divisions themselves. Later in the mid-1990s, the district of Mardan (and its tehsils) also became a division itself. CNIC code of Peshawar Division is 17.