Katlang Tehsil
تحصیل کاٹلنگ
کاټلنګ تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictMardan
Government
 • ChairmanHammadullah Yousafzai (JUI(F))
Population
[1]
 • Total343,144

Katlang (Pashto: کاټلنګ pronouncedⓘ, Urdu: کاٹلنگ pronouncedⓘ) is a tehsil in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[2][3][4] It is located approximately 19 kilometers north of Mardan. The population of Katlang was 343,144 in 2017.

Katlang topaz

Katlang Topaz

It is estimated that there are anywhere between 70,000 - 9,000,000 carats of pink topaz in and around Katlang. It is estimated that the Mingora emerald and the Katlang topaz have a worth upwards of 20,000 rupees per carat.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Katlang gets tehsil status". DAWN.COM. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Parties failing to uphold Mardan three-party formula". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "ANP set to form district govt in Mardan". The Nation. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Gubelin, Edward; Graziani, Giorgio; Kazmi, A.H. "PINK TOPAZ FROM PAKISTAN" (PDF). Gems & Gemology. Fall 1986: 1.
  6. ↑ "Upgrading the gemstone industry". DAWN.COM. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

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