Tank (city)

Tank

ټانک / ټاک
ٹانک
ٹاک
Tank ټانک / ټاک; ٹانک; ٹاک;
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	Coordinates: 32°08′N 70°14′E / 32.13°N 70.23°ECoordinates: 32°08′N 70°14′E / 32.13°N 70.23°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Tank District
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns	1
Number of Union Councils	16

Tank (Pashto: ټانک / ټاک; Urdu: ٹانک; Saraiki: ٹاک) 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").^[1] Lakki Marwat and Bannu lies to the northeast while South Waziristan lies to the west.

Language[]

Pashto and Saraiki (locally called Hindkou) 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[]

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^[2] 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.^[3]

References[]

^ JUI-F facing tough competition in NA-25 - Daily Times Pakistan
^ Tank Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 245.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tonk". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 10.

[1] JUI-F facing tough competition in NA-25 - Daily Times Pakistan

[IGI-2] Tank Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 245.

[3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tonk". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 10.

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