Orakzai District

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Orakzai District ضلع اورکزئی اورکزي ولسوالۍ‎ Orakzai Agency اورکزئی ایجنسئ اورکزي ایجنسئ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Village in Orakzai district
Orakzai District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates: 33°43′50.2″N 71°00′54.2″E / 33.730611°N 71.015056°E / 33.730611; 71.015056
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Kohat
Established	30 November 1973 (as an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas)
Headquarters	Ghiljo Bazar (Upper Orakzai) Kalaya (Lower Orakzai)
Number of Tehsils	4
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Mr Muhammad Khalid (BPS-18 PAS)
• District Police Officer	Nazir Ahmed Khan Tanoli (BPS-18 PSP)
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area [1]: 1
• Total	1,538 km2 (594 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	254,303
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Main language(s)	Pakhto (99.7%)[1]: 16
Website	orakzai.kp.gov.pk

Orakzai District (Pashto: اورکزي ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع اورکزئی) is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before 1973, it was part of FR Kohat. Up until 2018, it was an agency within the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. However, with the merger of the FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it attained the status of a district.