Kohistan (کوہستان in Persian, meaning "land of mountains"), also called Abasin Kohistan or Indus Kohistan, is an administrative district within Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province covering an area of; it had a population of 472,570 at the 1998 Census.
Kohistan (کوہستان in Persian, meaning "land of mountains") has two distinct meanings in Pakistan. In its usual modern sense Kohistan District is an administrative district within Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province covering an area of; it had a population of 472,570 at the 1998 Census.