Dera Ismail Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
ڈیره اسماعیل خان اسماعیل خان ډېره | |
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Anticlockwise from top: Indus River, Lal Mahra Tombs, Qureshi Morr, Kalma at Kachehri Chowk, Noll Bagh, Kalma Chowk, Kafir Kot ruins, State Life Building | |
Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′53″N 70°54′7″E / 31.83139°N 70.90194°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Dera Ismail Khan |
| Tehsil | Dera Ismail Khan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Umer Amin Gandapur (PTI) |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mansoor Arshad (BPS-18 PAS) |
| • District Police Officer | Abdul Rauf Qaiserani (BPS-18 PSP) |
| Elevation | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Tehsil population | 763,195 |
| • Rank | 10th, Pakistan; 5th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| • Density | 196/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Dera Ismail Khan Municipal Committee: 211,760 Dera Ismail Khan Cantonment: 5,697 | |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | 29111 |
| NWD (area code) | 966 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-KP |
| Number of union councils | 47 |
| Website | dikhan |
Dera Ismail Khan (/deɪrʌ-ɪsmaɪ.iːl-xɑːn/; Saraiki: ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان, Pashto: ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and headquarters of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 10th largest city of Pakistan and third or fourth largest in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population. Dera Ismail Khan is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, at its junction with the Gomal River.
It is 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the provincial capital Peshawar, and 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Multan, Punjab.