Kohistan District, Pakistan

Kohistan, also called Abasin Kohistan or Indus Kohistan, was an administrative district within Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan, covering an area of ; it had a population of 472,570 at the 1998 Census. Geographically, Kohistan stretches from the border with Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the east and north to Swat and Shangla in the west, and Mansehra and Battagram District in the south.In 2014, the government bifurcated Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan, carving out one more administrative unit after which the total number of districts in the province has gone up to 26.Administrative divisionsThe District is represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan & provincial assembly by three elected MNA & MPAs who represent the following constituencies: NA-23 (Kohistan) PK-61 (Kohistan-1) PK-62 (Kohistan-2) PK-63 (Kohistan-3) Since the 2014 Kohistan District split, each of the new districts are subdivided into two tehsils (subdivisions): Upper Kohistan Dasu (district capital) Kandia Palas Pattan (district capital)