Hangu Village

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Hangu Village

Head-quarters of the hihsll of the same name in Kohat District, North-West Frontier Province, situated in t,^)^ 32' N. and 71° 5' E. The officer in charge of the Thai subdivision has his head- quarters here. The site is a very old one, and is mentioned by the emperor Babar in his memoirs. 'Vh.e Khushalgarh-K(jhat-Thal branch of the North-^Vestern Railway has a station at Hangu, 26 miles from Kohat. The garrison consists of a detachment of Native cavalry, the head-quarters of the Samana Rifles, and (in winter) two guns of a mountain battery. The village contains a Government dispensary and a vernacular middle school maintained by the District board.