Khyber District
ضلع خیبر خېبر ولسوالۍ Khyber Agency خیبر ایجنسی خېبر ایجنسئ | |
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 Khyber District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Peshawar |
| Established | 1873 (as an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas) |
| Headquarters | Landi Kotal |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Capt(R) Sanaullah Khan (BPS-18 PAS) |
| • District Police Officer | Saleem Abbas Kalachi (BPS-18 PSP) |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| 2,576 km2 (995 sq mi) | |
| Population | |
| 1,146,267 | |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 94,707 |
| • Rural | 1,051,560 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Main language(s) | Pashto (99.6%)[1]: 24 |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Website | khyber |
Khyber District (Pashto: خېبر ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع خیبر) is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. With the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018, it became a district.[3] It ranges from the Tirah valley down to Peshawar. It borders Nangarhar Province to the west, Orakzai District to the south, Kurram District to southwest, Peshawar to the east and Mohmand District to the north.
The major clans in the District Khyber are Shinwari, Afridi, Mulagori and Shalmani. Nevertheless, the majority of the population are Afridis.
All Afridi clans have their own areas in the Tirah Valley, and most of them extend down into the Khyber Pass over which they have always exercised the right of toll. The Malikdin Khel live in the centre of the Tirah and hold Bagh, the traditional meeting place of Afridi jirgas or assemblies. The Aka Khel are scattered in the hills south of Jamrud. All of this area is included in the Khyber Agency. The Adam Khel live in the hills between Peshawar and Kohat. Their preserve is the Kohat Pass in which several of the most important Afridi gun factories are located.
- ^ a b 1998 Census report of Khyber Agency. Census publication. Vol. 138. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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