government wasn't finally able to get full control of the Lower Hazara until they had defeated and captured and executed the Tareen chief Bostan Khan, and some others. British India The presence of the fort at Harkishangarh, with its four-yard thick and 16-yard high wall, eventually brought a feeling of security to the region. In 1835, Baron Heugel, a German traveler found only remnants of that wall remaining. Haripur was the sole example of a planned town in this region until the British built Abbottabad many years later. It continued to grow, eventually becoming a city and later a district. Haripur once bore the official name of Haripur Hazara and was the capital of Hazara until 1853, when the new capital Abbottabad was built. In March 1849, the Punjab was annexed by the British Indian Empire. Abbott later painted a noted picture of the town of Haripur and its commanding fort of Harkishangarh. Administration The district of Haripur was a tehsil (sub-division) of Abbottabad District, until 1992 when it became a district. The district was (2010–2011) represented in the provincial assembly by four elected MPAs. One of those MPAs is elected to the National/Federal Assembly. Currently, Haripur District is divided into three Tehsils, Haripur Tehsil, Khanpur Tehsil, Ghazi Tehsil further subdivided into 45 Union Councils of which 15 are urban Union Councils: Ali Khan Bagra Baitgali Bakka Bandi Sher Khan Barkot Beer Breela Dheendah Dingi Ghazi Haripur Central Haripur North Haripur South Hattar Jabri Jatti Pind Kalinjar Khalabat Township Khanpur (On 15 October 2016 the chief minister of KP announced status of tehsil to Khanpur.) Kholian Bala Kot Najeebullah Kotehrra Kundi Lalogali Landarmang Mankrai Maqsood Najafpur Nara Amaz Pandak Panian Pind Hasham Khan Pind Kamal Khan Pharhari Qazipur Rehana Sarai Saleh Serai Niamat Khan Sikandarpur Sirikot Sarian Bajwala Sirya Tarbela Tofkian Localities Malkiar Provincial Assembly Natural resources The area is rich in natural resources and contains two reservoirs, the Tarbela Dam and Khanpur Dam. Geographically, it is the gateway to Hazara, the Hazara Division, and the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Boundary Geographically, the district borders Abbottabad District to the northeast, Mansehra District in the northeast, the Punjab to the southeast, the Buner to the northwest and Swabi to the west. The Federal Capital of Islamabad is adjacent to the district in the south. Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 1,001,515, of which 498,202