Dera Ismail Khan

Dera Ismail Khan ڈیره اسماعیل خان دېره اسماعيل خان‎
City
Clockwise from top: Indus River, Lal Mahra Tombs, Qureshi Morr, Kalma at Kachehri Chowk, Noll Bagh, Kalma Chowk, Kafir Kot ruins, State Life Building
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Coordinates: 31°49′53″N 70°54′7″E / 31.83139°N 70.90194°E / 31.83139; 70.90194
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Dera Ismail Khan
Tehsil	Dera Ismail Khan
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Umer Amin Gandapur[1] (PTI)
• Deputy Commissioner	Mansoor Arshad (BPS-18 PAS)
• District Police Officer	Abdul Rauf Qaiserani (BPS-18 PSP)
Elevation	165 m (541 ft)
Population  (2017)[2]
• City	217,457
• Rank	37th, Pakistan; 5th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	Dera Ismail Khan Municipal Committee: 211,760 Dera Ismail Khan Cantonment: 5,697
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code	29050
Number of union councils	47
Website	dikhan.kp.gov.pk

Dera Ismail Khan (/deɪrʌ-ɪsmaɪ.iːl-xɑːn/; Urdu and Saraiki: ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان, Pashto: ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan,^[3] is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan and fifth 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.^[4]