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North Waziristan District
ضلع شمالی وزیرستان شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ | |
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  Top: Shawal Valley Bottom: street in Mir Ali | |
 North Waziristan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′54″N 70°08′00″E / 32.98161274532541°N 70.13333546791706°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Bannu |
| Established | 1910 (as an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas) |
| Headquarters | Miranshah |
| Number of Tehsils | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Mayor | N/A |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Manzoor Ahmed Afridi |
| • District Police Officer | Farhan Khan (BPS-18 PSP) |
| Area | |
• District | 4,707 km2 (1,817 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• District | 693,137 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,131 (0.60%) |
| • Rural | 689,201 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Main language | Pashto |
| Website | northwaziristan |
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.
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