Sadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Explained

Official Name:Sadda
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan#Asia#World
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:33.7056°N 70.3292°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Divisions
Subdivision Type3:Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Subdivision Type4:Tehsil
Subdivision Name2:Kohat
Subdivision Name3:Kurram
Subdivision Name4:Lower Kurram
Elevation M:1,213
Population Total:34,495
Total Type:City
Population Rank:40th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[1]
Area Code:0926
Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Footnotes:[2]

Sadda (Pushto; Pashto: سده Sada) is a city in Kurram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Located on the Kurram River, it is a big trade market for the people of Lower Kurram and Central Kurram. The main tribe living in Sadda is the Bangash. Sadda is located about 50km (30miles) southeast of Parachinar. The nearest main city on the Afghan side of the border is Khost, which is located about 70km (40miles) to the southwest of Sadda.

Etymology

Sadda or Sadeh literary means "hundred", and is the name of an ancient Iranian winter festival, traditionally celebrated by kindling fires. The festival falls 40 days after the winter solstice, and 50 days before the March equinox or Nowruz, i.e. on or around 30 January.[3]

Demographics

Sadda is inhabited by Pashtuns who speak Pashto. The main Pashtun tribes are the Bangash and Orakzai. Other large tribes are the Alisherzai, Mamozai, and Mangal. Being a trading point, it bustles with business activity attracting customers and traders from all over Kurram District. It is now a diverse multi-tribe city. During the Taliban insurgency, Sadda was home to many Taliban leaders before the Pakistan Army took control of the city.

Sadda is a very fast-growing city, which doubled its population between 1998 and 2017. It is the fourth-largest city in Kohat Division and the 40th largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It first was notified and recognized as an urban area between the 1981 and 1998 censuses of Pakistan.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL FATA (KURRAM AGENCY) . KURRAM_AGENCY_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 23 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200623130203/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/fata/KURRAM_AGENCY_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 23 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  2. https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/01/Sadda.html Location of Sadda - Falling Rain Genomics
  3. Web site: SADA FESTIVAL – Encyclopaedia Iranica . Encyclopædia Iranica . 2009-08-15 . . 2015-01-27.