North Waziristan District

North Waziristan District

ضلع شمالی وزیرستان
شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ‎
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
	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
• Total	4,707 km2 (1,817 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	540,546
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Main language	Pashto
Website	northwaziristan.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.

^ "District North Waziristan". Department of Local Government, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2017census was 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.

[1] "District North Waziristan". Department of Local Government, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[2017census-2] Cite error: The named reference 2017census 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.

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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
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 ^[1]
• Type	District Administration
• Mayor	N/A
• Deputy Commissioner	Manzoor Ahmed Afridi
• District Police Officer	Farhan Khan (BPS-18 PSP)
Area
• Total	4,707 km² (1,817 sq mi)
Population (2017)^[2]
• Total	540,546
• Density	110/km² (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Main language	Pashto
Website	northwaziristan.kp.gov.pk