Bangash

Bangash
بنګښ
Illustration of a Bangash tribesman, 1847
Total population
~ 840,000
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan~800,000
 Afghanistan~40000
Languages
Pashto
Religion
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
Afridi · Orakzai · Bannuzai · Wazir · Mehsud
and other Karlani Pashtun tribes

The Bangash, Bungish, Bangaš or Bangakh (Pashto: بنګښ) are a tribe of Pashtuns, inhabiting their traditional homeland, the Bangash district which stretches from Kohat to Tall in Hangu and Spīn Ghar, Kurram in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. They also live as a smaller population in Dera Ismail Khel, Bannu while also a smaller population of Bangash inhabit mainly Gardez, Paktia and around the Lōya Paktia region of Afghanistan.