Battagram District
Batagram District is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Previously was independent territory. The Batagram Bazar is the head quarter of district.
Administration
[change | change source]Battagram obtained the status of district in July 1993 when it was upgraded from a Tehsil and separated from Mansehra District by an executive order. Battagram obtained the status of district in July 1993 when it was upgraded from a Tehsil and separated from Mansehra District by an executive order, Mr. Yousaf Khan Trand (Late provincial Minister in Mir Afzal Khan Cabinet Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was the leader who struggled for Battagram and made it a separate district, before district it was a tehsil of District Mansehra. It has geographical borders with Kohistan District, Tribal Area Torghar, Shangla District and Malakand Division. The district consists of two sub-divisions. It has geographical borders with Kohistan District, Tribal Area Tor ghar, Shangla District and Malakand Division. The district consists of two sub-divisions or Tehsils which contain a total of 20 Union Councils:
 Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
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| Provincial capital |  | |
| Districts |
Abbottabad • Bannu • Battagram • Buner • Charsadda • Chitral • Dera Ismail Khan • Hangu • Haripur • Karak • Kohat • Upper Kohistan • Lower Kohistan • Lakki Marwat • Lower Dir • Malakand • Mansehra • Mardan • Nowshera • Peshawar • Shangla District • Swabi • Swat • Tank • Upper Dir • Torghar | |