North Waziristan District

North Waziristan District
ضلع شمالی وزیرستان
شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ‎
District
Top: Shawal Valley
Bottom: street in Mir Ali
North Waziristan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
North Waziristan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates: 32°58′54″N 70°08′00″E / 32.98161274532541°N 70.13333546791706°E / 32.98161274532541; 70.13333546791706
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionBannu
Established1910 (as an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas)
HeadquartersMiranshah
Number of Tehsils9
Government
[1]
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • MayorN/A
 • Deputy CommissionerManzoor Ahmed Afridi
 • District Police OfficerFarhan Khan (BPS-18 PSP)
Area
 • District4,707 km2 (1,817 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • District693,137
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
 • Urban
4,131 (0.60%)
 • Rural
689,201
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Main languagePashto
Websitenorthwaziristan.kp.gov.pk

North Waziristan District (Pashto: شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع شمالی وزیرستان) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.[3][4][5] It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering 4,707 square kilometres (1,817 sq mi).[6] The capital city of North Waziristan is Miranshah.

  1. ^ "District North Waziristan". Department of Local Government, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "President signs Fata-KP merger bill into law". The Nation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ^ Wasim, Amir (24 May 2018). "National Assembly green-lights Fata-KP merger by passing 'historic' bill". Dawn. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ Sirmed, Marvi (29 May 2018). "For FATA residents, the good news may be short-lived – Daily Times". Daily Times. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Assessment Report: North Waziristan Agency IDP's - Pakistan | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 24 July 2022.