Khwazakhela
Khwaza Khela
خوازہ خیلہ خوازه خېله | |
|---|---|
  Khwaza Khela  Khwaza Khela | |
| Coordinates: 34°56′N 72°28′E / 34.933°N 72.467°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Upper Swat |
| Tehsil | Khwazakhela Tehsil |
| Government | |
| • Tehsil Chairman | Aftab Ali Khan ([[Pakistan people party]PPP]]) |
| Elevation | 1,151 m (3,776 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 57,113 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Khwazakhela (Urdu: خوازہ خیلہ, Pashto: خوازه خېله) is a town in the Khwazakhela Tehsil of Upper Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Demographics
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | ... | — |
| 1961 | ... | — |
| 1972 | ... | — |
| 1981 | ... | — |
| 1998 | ... | — |
| 2017 | 48,027 | — |
| 2023 | 57,113 | +2.93% |
| Sources:[2][3] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Khwazakhela had a population of 57,113.[4]
Climate
With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Khwazakhela features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Khwazakhela is 18.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 969 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 24 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 138 mm.
July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of 28.1 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 6.4 °C.
| Climate data for Khwazakhela | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
29.7 (85.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
12.0 (53.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Administrative units
According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013,[6] Tehsil Khwazakhela has following 7 Wards:[7]
References
- ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Lahore School.
- ^ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
- ^ "Climate: Khwazakhela - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Local Government (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2013" (PDF). Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Local Government, Elections & Rural Development Department. 17 December 2013.
- ^ "Village/Neighbourhood Council | Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
External links
- Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir and neighboring places
- United Nations
- Hajj 2014 Uploads
- PBS paiman.jsi.com Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
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