Federally Administered Tribal Areas
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) (Urdu: قبائلی علاقہ جات ) in Pakistan were areas of Pakistan outside the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²). The FATA were merged with the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 2017. Miran Shah was the tribal capital. There are seven areas known as Agencies and six areas known as Frontier Regions.
- Bajaur Agency
- Khyber Agency
- Kurram Agency
- Mohmand Agency
- Orakzai Agency
- North Waziristan Agency
- South Waziristan Agency
(Pashto: منځنۍ پښتونخوا ) | |
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Coordinates: 33°0′N 70°10′E / 33.000°N 70.167°ECoordinates: 33°0′N 70°10′E / 33.000°N 70.167°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Administrative unit | Federal territory |
Components | 7 Agencies 6 Frontier Regions |
Administrative centre | Peshawar |
Government | |
• Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Syed Masood Kausar |
Area | |
• Total | 27,220 km2 (10,510 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,176,331 |
• Density | 116.691/km2 (302.23/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 |
Website | http://www.fata.gov.pk/ |
Frontier Regions
The Frontier Regions are named after their adjacent settled districts. The administration of the FR is carried out by the DCO / DC of the neighbouring named district. The overall administration of the frontier regions is carried out by the FATA Secretariat, based in Peshawar and reporting to the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The six regions are:
Geography
The FATA are bordered by: Afghanistan to the west with the border marked by the Durand Line, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to the north and east, and Balochistan to the south.
The seven Tribal Areas lie in a north-to-south strip that is adjacent to the west side of the six Frontier Regions, which also lie in a north-to-south strip. The areas within each of those two regions are geographically arranged in a sequence from north to south.
The geographical arrangement of the seven Tribal Areas in order from north to south is: Bajaur Agency, Mohmand Agency, Khyber, Orakzai Agency, Kurram, North Waziristan, South Waziristan. The geographical arrangement of the six Frontier Regions in order from north to south is: Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan.
Federally Administered Tribal Areas Media
Tari Mangal in the Kurram District
References
- ↑ "Area, Population, Density and Urban/Rural Proportion by Administrative Units". Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ↑ "Population". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-11.