Tank (city)

Template:Short description Template:Use Pakistani English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Tank (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) 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").<ref>JUI-F facing tough competition in NA-25 - Daily Times Pakistan</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

Population

Template:Historical populations As of the 2023 census, Haripur had a population of 91,915.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The population of city in 1972 was 14,306 but according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population has risen to 49,172.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

File:Silver gilt bowl (detail). From Buddhigharra near Tank, Dera Ismail Khan District, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan, ca 3rd-4th c. CE.. British Museum OA 1937.3-19.1. I. I. Smirnov (1869-1918).jpg

Silver gilt bowl (detail). From Buddhigharra near Tank, Dera Ismail Khan District, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan, ca 3rd-4th c. CE.. British Museum.

It is at 32º13' N. and 70º32' E<ref name="IGI">Tank Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 245.</ref> 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.<ref>{{#if: |

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