The majority of Awans are found in the Punjab (Pakistan). Their population is concentrated in the districts of Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Sargodha, Khushab (particularly the Soon Valley), Mianwali (Awan tribes residing here are believed to have been the sole occupants of the Mianwali Salt Range for nearly six hundred years), Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, and Layyah and also scattered throughout the rest of Punjab (tracts in regions such as Jhelum and Mianwali are so heavily populated by Awans that they are referred to as "Awankari". Pre-Partition, an Awankari existed in Jalandhar. Awankari is also a dialect of Punjabi). Though these areas are their ancestral homelands and many own farms and other property there, many Awans live in the major cities of Pakistan such as Lahore (where a section of the Awan tribe has established a settlement, aptly named Awan Town), Islamabad, and Karachi. The Awan tribe is also to be found in great numbers in the North West Frontier Province, particularly in the Hazara Division, Peshawar valley and the districts of Nowshera, Kohat, Abbottabad, Haripur, Manshera and Bannu. A smaller portion of the tribe resides in Azad Kashmir. A minor proportion of the tribe is also present in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. In addition, they can also be found in Afghanistan and some parts of India.