Mardan District (Pashto: مردان ولسوالۍ‎, Urdu: ضِلع مردان‎) is a district in Mardan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.[3][4] The district is named after Mardan city, which is also the headquarters of the district. The district is famous for its agriculture industry, Peerah(پیڑا) the famous sooghaat of mardan and for its archaeological sites of Takht Bhai,[5][6] Jamal Garhi[7] and Sawal Dher.[6][8][9]