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