Federally Admeenistered Tribal Areas
(Reguidit frae Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries)
The Federally Admeenistered Tribal Areas (FATA) (Pashto: مرکزي قبایلي سیمې) are a semi-autonomous tribal region in the northwast o Pakistan, lyin atween the province o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, an the neighboring kintra o Afghanistan. The FATA comprise seiven Agencies (tribal destricts) an sax FRs(Frontier regions). The territory is amaist exclusively inhabitit bi Pashtun tribes which are predominantly Sunni Muslims bi faith.
Federally Admeenistered Tribal Areas (Pashto: مرکزي قبایلي سیمې) | |
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Location o the Federally Admeenistered Tribal Areas | |
Coordinates: 33°0′0″N 70°10′0″E / 33.00000°N 70.16667°E | |
Kintra | Pakistan |
Admeenistrative unit | Federal territory |
Components | 7 Agencies 6 Frontier Regions |
Admeenistrative centre | Peshawar |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor o Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Syed Masood Kausar |
Area | |
• Total | 27220 km2 (10,510 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,176,331 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Website | http://www.fata.gov.pk/ |
References
eedit- ↑ "Area, Population, Density and Urban/Rural Proportion by Administrative Units". Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. Archived frae the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2010.
- ↑ "Population". FATA Secretariat. Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2010.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Constitutional Provisions on the Tribal Areas – Chapter 3, Part XII of the Constitution of Pakistan
- FATA Secretariat Official Website Archived 2012-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- FATA Development Authority Official Website Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Travel guide tae Federally Admeenistered Tribal Areas frae Wikivoyage