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Dera Ismail Khan is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Dera Ismail Khan City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Dera Ismail Khan, often abbreviated to D.I. Khan, is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, about 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the provincial capital Peshawar, and 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Multan, Punjab. The city is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name. The predominant language is Saraiki. The total population of the city was 217,457 in the 2017 census, making it the largest city in the southern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Dera Ismail Khan may also refer to:

Dera Ismail Khan District District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Dera Ismail Khan District is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan. The district has an area of 9,334 km2 (3,604 sq mi) and a population of 852,995 as of the 1998 Census.

Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil is a tehsil located in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Dera Ismail Khan Division was an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. Until the 1990s it also contained Bannu Division.

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The Dera Ismail Khan mine is one of the largest gypsum mines in Pakistan. The mine is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The mine has reserves amounting to 90 million tonnes of gypsum.

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