Upper Kohistan District

Upper Kohistan is an administrative district within Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan.

In 2014, the government bifurcated Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan, carving out one more administrative unit after which the total number of districts in the province has gone up to 26.^[1]

Administrative divisions

Since the 2014 Kohistan District split, Upper Kohistan District is subdivided into two tehsils (subdivisions):

Dassu (district capital)
Kandia

References

↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/1080683

Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Provincial capital: Peshawar

Bannu	Bannu Lakki Marwat

Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan Tank

Hazara	Abbottabad Battagram Haripur Mansehra Tor Ghar Lower Kohistan Upper Kohistan

Kohat	Hangu Karak Kohat

Malakand	Buner Chitral Lower Dir Upper Dir Malakand Shangla Swat

Mardan	Mardan Swabi

Rawalpindi	Charsadda Nowshera Peshawar

Administrative divisions of Kohistan District

Capital	Dassu

Tehsils	Dassu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pattan Palas, Kohistan Kandia

Union councils	Bataira Pain Mada Khelabad Kolai Shalkanabad Kunshair Sherakot Haran, Kohistan Bar Sharyal Kuz Sharyal Kuz Paro Kota Kot Shared, Kohistan Peach Bela Bankhad Ranolia Dubair Pain Dubair Khas Dubair Bala Jijal Pattan, Kohistan Sagayun Chowa Dara Kayal, Kohistan Bariyar Goshali Kuz Jalkot Bar Jalkot Dassu (Union Council) Sazeen Harban Komila Seo, Kohistan Sigloo Kuz Parwa Thoti, Kohistan Kareen, Kohistan Karang, Kohistan Gabral, Kohistan

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