Frontier Region Peshawar
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Federally Administered Tribal Areas
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas are a semi-autonomous tribal region in the northwest of Pakistan, lying between the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the neighboring country of Afghanistan. The FATA comprise seven Agencies and six FRs...
(FATA) of Pakistan. The region is named after Peshawar District
Peshawar District
Peshawar is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until divisions were abolished as part of local government reforms in 2000 it was part of Peshawar Division. The city of Peshawar, as well as being the provincial capital, is the capital of the district...
which lies to the north and west and also borders Nowshera District
Nowshera District
Nowshera is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan - the principal city is Nowshera. Nowshera District is divided into 47 Union Councils and 5 provincial seats....
to the east and the frontier region of Kohat
Frontier Region Kohat
The Frontier Region Kohat is a small administrative unit in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The region is named after Kohat District which lies to the south and also borders Peshawar District to the north, Nowshera District to the east and Orakzai Agency to the west...
to the south. It is administered by the district coordination officer (DCO) of Peshawar District. The overall administration of the Frontier Regions is carried out by the FATA Secretariat based in Peshawar, the capital of the North-West Frontier Province.
Geography and climate
The region is hilly, with average heights of over 1000 m (3,280.8 ft) above sea level.Demography
The main and only tribe of FR Peshawar is the sub-tribe Adam khel of Afridis'.Afridi tribe is divided into 8 sub-tribes.Details has given below:-- .Adam Khel (Kala khel Adam Khel)
- .Malk Din Khel
- .Qamber Khel
- .Aqa Khel
- .Zakha Khel
- .Koki Khel
- .Qamer Khel and
- .Sipah.