Bettani Tehsil

Bettani Tehsil
تحصیل بیٹنی
بېټني تحصیل
Frontier Region Lakki Marwat
سرحدی علاقہ لکی مروت
لکي مروت سرحدي سیمه
Tehsil
Location of the former Frontier Regions in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Location of the former Frontier Regions in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictLakki Marwat District
SeatGabar Kili
Population
 • Total60,000

Bettani Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This subdivision shares its boundary on the north with Bannu Subdivision, on the west with Jandola Tehsil (Formerly Tank Frontier Region), to the west with North and South Waziristan and to the northeast with the district of Lakki Marwat.  Its total area is 132 square kilometers.

Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Lakki Marwat Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Lakki Marwat. The region was named after Lakki Marwat District which lied to the northeast.[2] With the dissolution of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and its incorporation into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Frontier Region Lakki Marwat was reorganizd as Bettani Tehsil within Lakki Marwat District.

The main settlement of Bettani Tehsil is the locality of Gabar Kili.

  1. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ^ "Historical background and administrative profile of the FR Lakkir Marwat". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-05.