Hazara Division

Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, Torghar and most recently created Allai District.

Location
Hazara Division is bordered by Malakand and Mardan Divisions to the west, Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) and Islamabad Capital Territory to the south, Azad Kashmir to the east, and Gilgit-Baltistan to the north.

History
On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad. The division was initially composed of two districts (Abbottabad, and Mansehra) but within a few years, Haripur district was spun off from Abbottabad District and Batagram District was spun off from Mansehra District.

Hazara remained a district until its conversion into a division in 1976. In October 1976, Mansehra was given the status of a full-fledged district, which consisted of Mansehra and Batagram tehsils. Subsequently, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and made into a district. Thus only the old Tehsil of Abbottabad remained, which was declared as Abbottabad District.

In 2000, administrative divisions were abolished and the fourth-tier districts were raised to become the new third tier of government in Pakistan. At abolition it contained the 8 districts:

Eventually, with all the administrative divisions being restored back in 2008, Hazara Division has returned.

Demographics
According to the 2017 census, Hazara Division division had a population of 5,325,121. , Most of the people in Hazara division speak Hindko(A dialect of Punjabi language)

Districts
Hazara Division contains the following districts:
 * Abbottabad District
 * Batagram District (part of Mansehra District until 1993)
 * Haripur District
 * Kolai-Palas District
 * Upper Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014)
 * Lower Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014)
 * Mansehra District
 * Torghar District (part of Mansehra District until 2011)
 * Allai District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and part of Battagram District from 1993 to 2023)