Tank, Pakistan

Tank or Tonk ''''), is the capital city of Tank District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The city is located near Waziristan.LanguageMasoodi language is spoken in Tank, Pakistan. Pashto is also mainly spoken in Tank. Tank also has few people speaking Seraiki, which is also spoken in neighboring Dera Ismail Khan district. The vast majority of people are conversant in the Pashto language. English is also understood by the educated.LocationIt is located at 32º13' N. and 70º32' E and is situated to the north-west of the Indus River and close to the Takht-i-Sulaiman Range.LocalitiesThe city was previously situated inside a fort. Here Sir Henry Durand, lieutenant-governor of the Punjab, was killed in 1870 when passing on an elephant under a gateway.Tank was the terminus railway station of Tank-Mari Indus Narrow gauge (762 mm or 2 ft 6 in