Tank (city) explained

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Coordinates:32.13°N 70.23°W
Pushpin Map:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tank District
Population As Of:1998
Area Total Km2:1679
Elevation M:261
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Blank Name Sec2:Number of Union Councils
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Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5

Tank (Pushto; Pashto: ټانک / ټاک; Urdu: {{nq|ٹانک; {{nq|ٹاک) is the capital city of Tank District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The city is located northwest of Dera Ismail Khan, and southeast of Jandola, Tank Subdivision (formerly known as "Frontier Region Tank").[1] Lakki Marwat and Bannu lies to the northeast while South Waziristan lies to the west.

Climate

The climate in Tank is referred to as a local steppe climate. There is little rainfall throughout the year. This location is classified as BSh by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature in Tank is 24.1 °C | 75.4 °F. The annual rainfall is 539 mm | 21.2 inch.The temperatures are highest on average in June, at around 34.5 °C | 94.2 °F. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around 11.9 °C | 53.4 °F.[2]

Language

Pashto and Saraiki (locally called Hinko) are the two languages spoken in Tank. The vast majority of people are conversant in the Pashto language as majority of the population consists of Pakhtun or Pashtun tribes. English is also understood by the educated.

Location

It is at 32º13' N. and 70º32' E[3] and is to the northwest of the Indus River and close to the Takht-i-Sulaiman Range.

Localities

The city was previously inside a fort. Here Sir Henry Durand, lieutenant-governor of the Punjab, was killed in 1870 when passing on an elephant under a gateway.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\17\story_17-2-2008_pg7_42 JUI-F facing tough competition in NA-25 - Daily Times Pakistan
  2. Web site: Tank climate: Weather Tank & temperature by month .
  3. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_251.gif Tank Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 245.