Hazara Division

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Main ethnic groups

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=== Main ethnic groups ===
=== Main ethnic groups ===
The main ethnolinguistic groups are:<ref name="chdGov" />
The main ethnic groups are:
* [[Hindkowans]]
* [[Hindkowans]]
* [[Gurjar|Gujjars]]<ref>*{{Cite book |last=Dikshit |first=K. R. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Land_People_and_Economy_of_Pakistan/RQo-EQAAQBAJ?hl=en |title=Land, People and Economy of Pakistan: A Geographic Perspective |last2=Dikshit |first2=Jutta K. |date=2025-02-18 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-040-30677-2 |pages=152 |language=en |quote=The erstwhile Hazara division, incorporating Abbottabad, Haripur, extending further into Swat have a substantial population of Gujjars a pastoral tribe.}}
* [[Gujjars]]<ref>

*{{Cite book |last=Dikshit |first=K. R. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Land_People_and_Economy_of_Pakistan/RQo-EQAAQBAJ?hl=en |title=Land, People and Economy of Pakistan: A Geographic Perspective |last2=Dikshit |first2=Jutta K. |date=2025-02-18 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-040-30677-2 |pages=152 |language=en |quote=The erstwhile Hazara division, incorporating Abbottabad, Haripur, extending further into Swat have a substantial population of Gujjars a pastoral tribe.}}
*{{Cite web |title=Races and Tribes |url=https://kp.gov.pk/page/races_and_tribes |website=kp.gov.pk |quote=The Gujjars also live in Hazara. They are also numerous in Dir, Swat, and Bajaur, where they speak Pashtu, through on the borders of Dir and Asmar they retain their Indian speech.}}
*{{Cite web |title=Races and Tribes |url=https://kp.gov.pk/page/races_and_tribes |website=kp.gov.pk |quote=The Gujjars also live in Hazara. They are also numerous in Dir, Swat, and Bajaur, where they speak Pashtu, through on the borders of Dir and Asmar they retain their Indian speech.}}
*{{Cite book |last=Tyagi |first=Vidya Prakash |title=''Martial races of undivided India'' |pages=236 |publisher=Kaps publisher|quote=From Peshawar to Swat Benaer, Gujjars are found coherently or incoherently settled. Hazara as per Aee-n-Akbari is known as Hazara Gujjar. Besides Gujjars are settled in mountain tracts of Hazara Kashmir and thingych. They are also found in good numbers in Chitral valley, Sheshi Koh, and Pushgal.}}</ref>
*{{Cite book |last=Tyagi |first=Vidya Prakash |title=''Martial races of undivided India'' |pages=236 |publisher=Kaps publisher|quote=From Peshawar to Swat Benaer, Gujjars are found coherently or incoherently settled. Hazara as per Aee-n-Akbari is known as Hazara Gujjar. Besides Gujjars are settled in mountain tracts of Hazara Kashmir and thingych. They are also found in good numbers in Chitral valley, Sheshi Koh, and Pushgal.}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dikshit |first=K. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tss-EQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gb_mobile_entity&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=en&gl=PK&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Regional Geography of Pakistan: A Study in Spatial Relations |last2=Dikshit |first2=Jutta K. |date=2025-02-18 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-040-30665-9 |pages=3.10.2.1 |language=en |quote=Unlike other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Hazara division has a sprinkling of non-Pashtun population, represented by Gujars, Khokhars and other hill tribes who speak Hinduki (Hindko) as their mother tongue.}}</ref>
* [[Hindkowans]]
* [[Pashtuns]]<ref name="chdGov" />
* [[Pashtuns]]<ref name="chdGov" />
* [[Kohistanis]]<ref name="chdGov" />
* [[Kohistanis]]<ref name="chdGov" />
* Khokhar<ref name=":0" />


=== Language ===
=== Language ===
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