Hangu District, Pakistan


Hangu District is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The district takes its name from the town of Hangu, which is its administrative centre. The name Hangu may also sometimes be applied to the Miranzai Valley which is partly within the district, bordering the Samana Range.

Demography

The 1998 census counted a total population of. The major first language is Pashto, spoken natively by 98.8% of the population.

History

Hangu District was created from part of Kohat on 30 June 1996. Its area starts from a village named Khawaja Khizer, which is the boundary between Kohat and Hangu Districts.

Administrative divisions

Hangu District is divided into two tehsils:
The district comprises two constituencies for the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Pakistan Muslim League has an overwhelming majority here. NA-9 and now NA-16 have been the stronghold of the party. Maulvi Naimatullah, Syed Ifthikhar Hussain Gilani and Javed Ibrahim Piracha have won consecutively since 1985. In the 2002 elections, PML-N did not run a candidate, but in 2008, Dr. Farooq Bangash, the PML-N NA-16 Candidate, who technically could not contest elections being British Citizen, surrendered to ANP Syed Haider Ali Shah, who won marginally from Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal. Basically it was Bangash' strategy to ensure Pir Haider win. Now the majority and whole control for PTI, In Local body election PTI also gain the main power, and there is still strong opposition of JUI.

National Assembly

This district is represented by one elected MNA in Pakistan National Assembly. Its constituency is NA-16.
Since 2002: NA-16

Provincial Assembly

The district is represented by two elected MPAs in the provincial assembly who represent the following constituencies:
Various public and private schools and colleges exist in district of Hangu. Hangu population is near by 0.8 million people and they demand for university in 2013. Agriculture University campus was to be built in Hangu City but still the project is in pending while funds transfer to Charsada University during ANP government. Recently the government degree college Hangu start BS Hons 4-year program under Kohat University of Science and Technology.
Aitzaz Hasan Shaheed High School is located in the district. Aitzaz Hasan was a student of this school who was killed in January 2014 while trying to prevent a suicide bomber from entering his school.