Haripur District (Hindko, ) is a district in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Before obtaining the status of a district in 1991, Haripur was a tehsil of Abbottabad District Its headquarters are the city of Haripur. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Haripur District is 1,173,056 (1.1 million).
History
During British rule what now constitutes Haripur district was an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Hazara District.
The tehsil was described by the Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled over a century ago during British rule as follows:
On 30 June 1976, the Pakistani government bifurcated Hazara District, Mansehra Tehsil became a district in its own right and the two remaining tehsils Abbottabad and Haripur formed the district of Abbottabad.
In 1991 the tehsil of Haripur was split off from Abbottabad to form Haripur District.
Geography
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The district of Haripur borders Abbottabad District to the east, Mansehra District to the northeast, the Punjab to the southeast, Buner to the northwest, and Swabi to the west. The federal capital of Islamabad is adjacent to the district in the south.
Haripur is traversed by several significant rivers, including the Indus, Sirin, Dauor, and Haro.
- The Indus River flows into Haripur from Darband in the northwest, flowing along the district’s western boundary before exiting at Ghazi. It serves as the primary source for Tarbela Lake, a major reservoir in the region.
Demographics
As of the 2023 census, Haripur district has 192,451 households and a population of 1,174,783. The district has a sex ratio of 101.43 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 74.88%: 84.13% for males and 65.61% for females. 282,230 (24.06% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 147,765 (12.58%) live in urban areas.