Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) (Urdu: قبائلی علاقہ جات) in Pakistan were areas of Pakistan outside the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²). The FATA were merged with the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 2017. Miran Shah was the tribal capital. There are seven areas known as Agencies and six areas known as Frontier Regions.

• Bajaur Agency
• Khyber Agency
• Kurram Agency
• Mohmand Agency
• Orakzai Agency
• North Waziristan Agency
• South Waziristan Agency

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Pashto: منځنۍ پښتونخوا)
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Location of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Coordinates: 33°0′N 70°10′E
Country	Pakistan
Administrative unit	Federal territory
Components	7 Agencies 6 Frontier Regions
Administrative centre	Peshawar
Government
• Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa	Syed Masood Kausar
Area
• Total	27,220 km2 (10,510 sq mi)
Population  (1998)[1][2]
• Total	3,176,331
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Website	http://www.fata.gov.pk/

Urdu map of the region

Frontier Regions

the map of FATA.

Main article: Frontier Regions

The Frontier Regions are named after their adjacent settled districts. The administration of the FR is carried out by the DCO / DC of the neighbouring named district. The overall administration of the frontier regions is carried out by the FATA Secretariat, based in Peshawar and reporting to the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The six regions are:

• Frontier Region Bannu
• Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
• Frontier Region Kohat
• Frontier Region Lakki Marwat
• Frontier Region Peshawar
• Frontier Region Tank (Jandola)

Geography

The FATA are bordered by: Afghanistan to the west with the border marked by the Durand Line, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to the north and east, and Balochistan to the south.

The seven Tribal Areas lie in a north-to-south strip that is adjacent to the west side of the six Frontier Regions, which also lie in a north-to-south strip. The areas within each of those two regions are geographically arranged in a sequence from north to south.

The geographical arrangement of the seven Tribal Areas in order from north to south is: Bajaur Agency, Mohmand Agency, Khyber, Orakzai Agency, Kurram, North Waziristan, South Waziristan. The geographical arrangement of the six Frontier Regions in order from north to south is: Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan.