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Karak, Pakistan

FieldValue
official_nameKarak
native_nameکرك
settlement_typeCity
image_skylineSunrise latamber, Karak.jpg
imagesize250px
pushpin_mapKhyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan#Asia#World
pushpin_label_positionbottom
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_namePakistan
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_type2Divisions
subdivision_type3Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
subdivision_type4Tehsil
subdivision_name1Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
subdivision_name2Kohat Division
subdivision_name3Karak District
subdivision_name4Karak Tehsil
elevation_m548
population_total58,065
total_typeCity
population_rank24th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
population_as_of815, 878 as of 2023
population_footnotes
timezone1PST
utc_offset1+5

Karak (Pashto: کرك, ) is the headquarters of Karak District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is 123 km from Peshawar on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi. It is located at 33°7'12N 71°5'41E. Karak is said to be the single district in Pakistan that is inhabited by only one tribe of Pashtuns — the Khattaks.

Karak is a fast-growing city with just over 50,000 people. It is the second-largest city in Kohat Division and the namesake and only urbanized area of Karak District. Karak's population nearly doubled between 1998 and 2017. The dominant language in the city is Pashto, which nearly everybody speaks. The city was first labeled an urban area between the 1972 and 1981 Pakistan censuses.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Karak had a population of 58,065.

References

References

  1. (3 January 2018). "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KARAK DISTRICT)". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. [https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Karak.html Falling Rain - Location of Karak]
  3. "TABLE-1: AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  4. (August 2025). "Population by administrative units 1951-1998". Lahore School }}{{Dead link.
  5. "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, KPK".
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