| Lower Kohistan District | |
| Native Name: | Urdu: {{nq|ضلع زیریں کوہستان Pushto; Pashto: {{script/Arabic|ښکته کوهستان ولسوالۍ |
| Settlement Type: | District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Union Councils |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hazara |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Pattan |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | N/A |
| Leader Title1: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Name1: | N/A |
| Leader Title2: | District Health Officer |
| Leader Name2: | N/A |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 340,017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 2014 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | District Council |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of Tehsils |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 2 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | languages |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Kohistani, Hindko & Urdu |
Lower Kohistan District (Pushto; Pashto: کوہستان|label=Shina, Urdu: {{nq|ضلع زیریں کوہستان) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2] [3] [4] [5] Pattan is the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan.[6]
Until 2014, this district was part of the large Kohistan district. In 2014, the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bifurcated Kohistan District into the Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan districts. At that time, Lower Kohistan comprised two tehsils: Palas and Pattan.[7] However, the tehsil of Palas was separated from the district of Lower Kohistan as another district. It was named as Kolai-Palas.[8] On 31 May 2018, Ranovali Pinkhad, previously part of Pattan tehsil, was made a separate tehsil.[9]
In the 2023 census, 945 (0.31%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.[10]
92.26% of the population belonged to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language. 5.67% were Pashto speakers.[11]
Lower Kohistan comprises two Tehsils: