Tank (Pashto: ټانک / ټاک; Urdu: ٹانک; Saraiki: ٹاک) is the capital city of Tank District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The city is located northwest of Dera Ismail Khan, and southeast of Jandola, Tank Subdivision (formerly known as "Frontier Region Tank").[1] Lakki Marwat and Bannu lies to the northeast while South Waziristan lies to the west.
Tank
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| Coordinates: 32°08′N 70°14′E / 32.13°N 70.23°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Tank District |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,679 km2 (648 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 261 m (856 ft) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
• Total | 49,172 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of towns | 1 |
| Number of Union Councils | 16 |
Climate
editThe climate in Tank is referred to as a local steppe climate. There is little rainfall throughout the year. This location is classified as BSh by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature in Tank is 24.1 °C | 75.4 °F. The annual rainfall is 539 mm | 21.2 inch. The temperatures are highest on average in June, at around 34.5 °C | 94.2 °F. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around 11.9 °C | 53.4 °F.[2]
Demographics
editPopulation
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1951 | 6,894 | — |
| 1961 | 10,582 | +4.38% |
| 1972 | 14,306 | +2.78% |
| 1981 | 25,003 | +6.40% |
| 1998 | 35,741 | +2.12% |
| 2017 | 47,064 | +1.46% |
| 2023 | 49,172 | +0.73% |
| Sources:[3][4] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Haripur had a population of 91,915.[5]
The population of city in 1972 was 14,306 but according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population has risen to 49,172.[6]
Location
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It is at 32º13' N. and 70º32' E[7] and is to the northwest of the Indus River and close to the Takht-i-Sulaiman Range.
Localities
editThe city was previously inside a fort. Here Sir Henry Durand, lieutenant-governor of the Punjab, was killed in 1870 when passing on an elephant under a gateway.[8]
References
edit- ↑ JUI-F facing tough competition in NA-25 - Daily Times Pakistan
- ↑ "Tank climate: Weather Tank & temperature by month".
- ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Lahore School.
- ↑ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
- ↑ "Tānk (Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ↑ Tank Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 245.
- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tonk". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 10.
