Hazara Division

Hazara Division is bordered by Malakand and Mardan Divisions to the west, Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) and Islamabad Capital Territory to the south, Azad Kashmir to the east, and Gilgit-Baltistan to the north.[https://chd.kp.gov.pk/page/abouthazaradivision/page_type/message About Hazara Division]

On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad. The division was initially composed of two districts (Abbottabad, and Mansehra) but within a few years, Haripur district was spun off from Abbottabad District and Batagram District was spun off from Mansehra District.

Hazara remained a district until its conversion into a division in 1976. In October 1976, Mansehra was given the status of a full-fledged district, which consisted of Mansehra and Batagram tehsils. Subsequently, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and made into a district. Thus only the old Tehsil of Abbottabad remained, which was declared as Abbottabad District.

In 2000, administrative divisions were abolished and the fourth-tier districts were raised to become the new third tier of government in Pakistan. At abolition it contained the 8 districts:[http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html Divisions/Districts of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930093025/http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html |date=2006-09-30 }}
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names

Eventually, with all the administrative divisions being restored back in 2008, Hazara Division has returned.

{{Historical populations|1951|...|1961|...|1972|...|1981|2,701,257|1998|3,505,581|2017|5,325,121|2023|6,188,736|align=center|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}}}

According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division division had a population of 6,188,736https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/pcr/table_1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}} roughly equal to the nation of Bulgaria{{cite web |author=US Directorate of Intelligence |title=Country Comparison:Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |archive-date=13 June 2007 |access-date=2011-10-01 |quote=Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.}} or the US state of Missouri.{{cite web |title=2010 Resident Population Data |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013 |access-date=2011-09-30 |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |quote=New Mexico - 2,059,179}}

The main ethnic groups are:

• Hindkowans
• Gujjars

• {{Cite book |last1=Dikshit |first1=K. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQo-EQAAQBAJ |title=Land, People and Economy of Pakistan: A Geographic Perspective |last2=Dikshit |first2=Jutta K. |date=2025-02-18 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-040-30677-2 |pages=152 |language=en |quote=The erstwhile Hazara division, incorporating Abbottabad, Haripur, extending further into Swat have a substantial population of Gujjars a pastoral tribe.}}
• {{Cite web |title=Races and Tribes |url=https://kp.gov.pk/page/races_and_tribes |website=kp.gov.pk |quote=The Gujjars also live in Hazara. They are also numerous in Dir, Swat, and Bajaur, where they speak Pashtu, through on the borders of Dir and Asmar they retain their Indian speech.}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tyagi |first=Vidya Prakash |title=Martial races of undivided India |pages=236 |publisher=Kaps publisher|quote=From Peshawar to Swat Benaer, Gujjars are found coherently or incoherently settled. Hazara as per Aee-n-Akbari is known as Hazara Gujjar. Besides Gujjars are settled in mountain tracts of Hazara Kashmir and thingych. They are also found in good numbers in Chitral valley, Sheshi Koh, and Pushgal.}}{{Cite book |last1=Dikshit |first1=K. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tss-EQAAQBAJ |title=Regional Geography of Pakistan: A Study in Spatial Relations |last2=Dikshit |first2=Jutta K. |date=2025-02-18 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-040-30665-9 |pages=3.10.2.1 |language=en |quote=Unlike other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Hazara division has a sprinkling of non-Pashtun population, represented by Gujars, Khokhars and other hill tribes who speak Hinduki (Hindko) as their mother tongue.}}
• Hindkowans
• Pashtuns
• Kohistanis
• Khokhar

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| caption = Languages of Hazara region (2023){{cite web |title=Pakistan Census 2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

| label1 = Hindko

| value1 = 56

| color1 = lightblue

| label2 = Pashto

| value2 = 20.68

| color2 = olive

| label3 = Kohistani

| value3 = 14.6

| color3 = salmon

| label4 = Urdu

| value4 = 1.5

| color4 = green

| label5 = Shina

| value5 = 1.11

| color5 = goldenrod

| label6 = Others

| value6 = 6.5

| color6 = grey

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Hazara Division contains the following districts:[http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html Divisions/Districts of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930093025/http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html|date=2006-09-30}}
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names

• Abbottabad District
• Batagram District (part of Mansehra District until 1993)
• Haripur District
• Kolai-Palas District
• Upper Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014)
• Lower Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014)
• Mansehra District
• Torghar District (part of Mansehra District until 2011)
• Allai District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and part of Battagram District from 1993 to 2023)

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