Karak (Pashto: کرك, Urdu: کرک ) is the headquarters of Karak District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is 123 km from Peshawar on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi. It is located at 33°7'12N 71°5'41E.[2] Karak is said to be the single district in Pakistan that is inhabited by only one tribe of Pashtuns — the Khattaks.
Karak
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| Coordinates: 33°7′N 71°6′E / 33.117°N 71.100°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Divisions | Kohat Division |
| Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Karak District |
| Tehsil | Karak Tehsil |
| Elevation | 548 m (1,798 ft) |
| Population | |
• City | 51,149 |
| • Rank | 24th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Karak is a fast-growing city with just over 50,000 people. It is the second-largest city in Kohat Division and is the only urbanized area and namesake of Karak District. Karak's population nearly doubled between 1998 and 2017.[1] The dominant language in the city is Pashto, which nearly everybody speaks. The city was first labeled an urban area between the 1972 and 1981 Pakistan censuses.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KARAK DISTRICT)" (PDF). KARAK_BLOCKWISE.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Falling Rain - Location of Karak
- ^ a b "TABLE-1: AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Administrative Units.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.