Bakka, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Bakka, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Town and union council
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District Haripur District
Time zone PST (UTC+5)

Bakka is one of the 44 union councils, administrative subdivisions, of Haripur District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1]

A Union Council forms the second-tier of local government and fifth administrative division in Pakistan. Its structure and responsibilities differ between provinces and territories.

Haripur District District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Haripur District is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan with an altitude of around 610 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level. As of 2015, Haripur District has a High level of Human Development. Before becoming a district in 1991, Haripur had the status of a tehsil in Abbottabad District.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is one of the four administrative provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern region of the country along the international border with Afghanistan. It was previously known as the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) until 2010 when the name was changed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the 18th Amendment to Pakistan's Constitution, and is known colloquially by various other names. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the third-largest province of Pakistan by the size of both population and economy, though it is geographically the smallest of four. Within Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shares a border with Punjab, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Islamabad. It comprises 10.5% of Pakistan's economy, and is home to 17.9% of Pakistan's total population, with the majority of the province's inhabitants being Pashtuns. The province is the site of the ancient kingdom Gandhara, including the ruins of its capital Pushkalavati near modern-day Charsadda. Originally a stronghold of Buddhism, the history of the region was characterized by frequent invasions under various Empires due to its geographical proximity to the Khyber Pass.

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