Doaba, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Explained

Doaba, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Settlement Type:Town and union council
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Coordinates:33.5333°N 114°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hangu District
Subdivision Type3:Tall Tehsil
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:878
Elevation Ft:2,883
Population Total:21,341
Total Type:City
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:+5

Doaba is a small city located in Tall tehsil, Hangu district, Pakistan. Its population is just above 20,000, but the city has only 1,942 households. The most spoken language in Doaba is Pashto. It is roughly from Hangu and roughly from Thall. Doaba is Hangu district's third-largest city.

Doaba has beautiful hills and is covered by a lot of trees. The major tribes living in Doaba are Khakhil, (Thorghali and Sarghali), Tarkon, Ferozkhail, Merikhail, MandraKhail, Mazanih, Haider Khail, Qureshi, Sarozi, and the Paracha family.

In the mountains is the tomb of a famous religious scholar named Ghani Nikah. It is rumoured that he paid the land price in 1650 when he migrated from Afghanistan to Doaba. (A rich Malik family from Laghman state of Afghanistan migrated during the Afghan war with the Mughal empire in 1638)

There are many shopping markets along with other facilities in Doaba. People from surrounding areas come here for shopping.

In the previous two decades, Doaba was known for the area of education. The Doaba public school is an educational institution in the area.

Big stones, Sweery Ghar (mountain), Chaman, Jangalat, Kautaro Kandao, Zaraa Korna, and Khalwati Cheena are well-known picnic places.

In Doaba, fruits are prepared according to season including apricots, watermelons, plums, grapes, almonds, strawberries, and peanuts. The fruits that are naturally grown are tut and mulberry.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Doaba.html Location of Doaba - Falling Rain Genomics
  2. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (HANGU DISTRICT) . HANGU_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 21 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200621162105/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/HANGU_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 21 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.