Lakki Marwat District
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| Lakki Marwat لکی مروت |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | North-West Frontier Province |
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| Area | 3164 km² |
| Calling code | 0969 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| No. of Towns | 2 |
| Population | 0.6 million 2005 |
| density | 192 persons/km² |
| Government | |
| City Mayor (Nazim) | Humayun Saifullah Khan |
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| Lakki Marwat Local Government | |
Lakki Marwat (Pashto/Urdu: لکی مروت) is one of the Southern Districts of North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan. It was created as an administrative district on July 1 1992, prior to which it was a Tehsil of Bannu District.
Lakki Marwat district had a recorded population of 490,025 (1998 census). Out of this only a total of 46,878 people or 9.6% of the population was recorded as urban inhabitants, while 443,147 people or 90.4% of the population was recorded as rural dwellers.
There is only one municipal committee and two town committees in the district. There are a total of 157 mauzas or villages (a mauza is the smallest revenue unit in the district) in the entire district (1998 census). Out of those villages a total of thirty had a population over 5000, forty-six had a population between 2000-5000, thirty-one had between 1000-2000, forty-nine had under one thousand inhabitants, while one village was uninhabited.
The district covers 3164 km², with population density of 155 people per km², as compared to the population density of 233 people per km² in the North-West Frontier Province as a whole. The population density at the 1981 census was 91 people per km², which indicates a high rate of population growth in the intervening 17 years.
The average household size of the district is 9.2 people per household as compared to 8 at the provincial level.
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[edit] Stories about its name
There are two different stories about the "Lakki" part of the District's name. One story says that since the main town or current District Head Quarter lies at the bottom or tail (called as “Lakai” in local dialect) of the entire geographic area inhabited by Marwat tribe therefore, it is called Lakai or Lakki Marwat. Another story links this name to one Lakki Ram or Lukko Ram, a Hindu trader who is considered to be the original founder of this town. Yet another source claims that the town was initially known as Ihsan Pur and was founded by a Malik named Fateh Khan Tiwana.
The second part of the District’s name comes from the warrior tribe of Marwat who has inhabited the entire area for several centuries.
[edit] Climate
This is one of those places in Pakistan which can effectively be recognized as regions having all characteristics of a desert due to its sand dunes, scorching heat and dry weather. Ironically summers are very hot, while winters are moderately cool. The summer season begins from early April and continues till late October. June is the hottest month with a maximum temperature range of 42 to 45 Degree Celsius and a minimum temperature range of about 30 to 35 Degree Celsius. Periodic sand storms rage through the area during May and June due to the Prevalent low humidity. The hot wind, locally known as "Lu" blows across the district in these months. The cool wave starts from somewhere in early November. December, January and February are the winter months. Though the daytime temperature in winter is not that low, however there is always a sharp decrease in nights. The mean maximum and minimum temperatures during this period are 20 and 4 Degree Celsius respectively. Rainfall is very rare and sporadic and generally occurs in July and August.
[edit] Topography
The district is a combination of hills and sandy plains. The hilly areas are along the boundaries of the district especially in the east, southeast, southwest and northwest. In the southeast, the Marwat range separates Lakki Marwat from DI Khan district while in the east the Karak Niazi range separates it from Mianwali district. It is surrounded by Baittani range on the west and southwest, which separates it from Tank districts and the tribal Area adjoining Tank district and South Waziristan Agency. The Marwat range culminates and Baittani ranges starts near Sheikh Badin. The general elevation of these hills ranges from 500 to 1000 meters above sea level. The land beyond these hills gradually slopes to the central part, which looks like a basin. A large number of streams flow from the surrounding hills, the Kurram river flows through the district from North West to the south east and joins the Indus River south of Essa Khel town. One of its important tributary is Gambila River. The major part of this basin is an alluvial plain. The northern portion of this plain is situated chiefly in the Kurram Gambila Doaba and irrigated by Kurram River. It is a flat sandy area. The southern part is made up of undulating dunes of sand, furrowed at regular intervals by deep torrent beds which carry the drainage of the Marwat and Baittani ranges to the Gambila. It is good for cultivation, water table is quite deep below the soil surface. In the western portion of the district, the soil is fairly stiff clay covered by a layer of stones at the foot of the hills. The whole district is intersected by numerous hill torrents and deep ravines. The general elevation of the plain area is about 200 to 300 meters above sea level.
[edit] Other towns/districts bordering Lakki Marwat
Tank
Kohat
Dera Ismail Khan
Bannu
Mianwali
[edit] See also
| Administrative Divisions of North-West Frontier Province |  |
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| Capital | Peshawar | |
| Districts | Abbottabad | Bannu | Batagram | Buner | Charsadda | Chitral | Dera Ismail Khan | Hangu | Haripur | Karak | Kohat | Kohistan | Lakki Marwat | Lower Dir | Malakand | Mansehra | Mardan | Nowshera | Peshawar | Shangla | Swabi | Swat | Tank | Upper Dir | |
