Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Darband
Darband
Union council and town
	Darband Location in Pakistan
	Coordinates: 34°19′N 72°52′E / 34.317°N 72.867°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Mansehra District
Region	Lower Pakhli
Government
• Chairman	Dilbar Khan Tanoli (Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf ( PTI ))
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Darband (دربند) is a tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was created as a separate tehsil in late August 2017 out of three union councils until then part of Oghi Tehsil: Darband itself, Nika Pani and Shanaya.^[1] Darband once the Capital of State of Amb which was disestablished in 1969.

Climate

Darband's climate is classified as warm and temperate. Darband has a significant amount of rainfall during the year. This is true even for the driest month. Köppen and Geiger classify this climate as Cfa. The average annual temperature in Darband is 18.2 °C (64.8 °F). Annually, approximately 1,152 mm (45.4 in) of precipitation descends.^[2]

References

^ "Darband given status of tehsil". Dawn. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ "Darband climate: Weather Darband & temperature by month".

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Darband used to called Amb state. Different Pashtun tribes live there. Famous personalities are Zar Gul, Zareen Gul, Raja Bashir(Late), Zulfiqar Khan, Raees Khan Tanoli (Columnist) and others