Darwesh

Darwesh
Town and union council
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Haripur District
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)

Darwesh (Urdu: درویش‎) is a village and one of the 44 union councils, administrative subdivisions, of Haripur District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^[1] It is located south of the district capital, Haripur, at 33°59'26N 72°55'5E.^[2]

Darwesh village is home to a branch of the famous Tarin family of Hazara region, the most well-known member of this is ex-Speaker of the NWFP (KPK) Assembly, Major (retd) Habibullah Khan Tarin.

References

Administrative divisions of Haripur District

Capital	Haripur

Union councils	Ali Khan Bagra Bakka Bandi Sher Khan Barkot Beer Bherrary Breela Darwesh Dheendah Dingi Haripur Central Haripur North Haripur South Hattar Jabri Jatti Pind Kalinjar Khalabat Khanpur Kholian Bala Kot Najeebullah Landarmang Mankrai Maqsood Najifpur Pandak Panian Pind Hasham Khan Pind Kamal Khan Rehana Serai Niamat Khan Serai Saleh Sawabi Maira Sikandarpur Sirya Tarbela Tofkian Baitgali Ghazi Kotehrra Kundi Nara Amaz Qazipur Sirikot

Coordinates: 33°59′26″N 72°55′5″E / 33.99056°N 72.91806°E / 33.99056; 72.91806

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