Federally Administered Tribal Areas facts for kids
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Federally Administered Tribal Areas
(Pashto: منځنۍ پښتونخوا)
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Location of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
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| Country |  Pakistan |
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| Administrative unit | Federal territory | ||
| Components | 7 Agencies 6 Frontier Regions |
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| Administrative centre | Peshawar | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 27,220 km2 (10,510 sq mi) | ||
| Population
(1998)
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| • Total | 3,176,331 | ||
| • Density | 116.691/km2 (302.23/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+5 | ||
| Website | http://www.fata.gov.pk/ | ||
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) (Urdu: قبائلی علاقہ جات) in Pakistan are areas of Pakistan outside the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²). Miran Shah is 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
Contents
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:
- Frontier Region Bannu
- Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
- Frontier Region Kohat
- Frontier Region Lakki Marwat
- Frontier Region Peshawar
- Frontier Region Tank (Jandola)
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.
Images for kids
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Mohmand Agency
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Pashtuns in the Baizai area
See also
In Spanish: Áreas tribales (Pakistán) para niños
