Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Federally Administered Tribal Areas
(Pashto: منځنۍ پښتونخوا)
Bab-e-Khyber
Bab-e-Khyber
Coat of arms of FATA
Location of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Location of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Coordinates: 33°0′N 70°10′E / 33.000°N 70.167°E / 33.000; 70.167
Country Pakistan
Administrative unitFederal territory
Components7 Agencies
6 Frontier Regions
Administrative centrePeshawar
Government
 • Governor of Khyber-PakhtunkhwaSyed Masood Kausar
Area
 • Total27,220 km2 (10,510 sq mi)
Population
 (1998)[1][2]
 • Total3,176,331
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5
Websitehttp://www.fata.gov.pk/
Urdu map of the region

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.

  1. "Area, Population, Density and Urban/Rural Proportion by Administrative Units". Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  2. "Population". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-11.

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