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45-501: The city has a shrinking population of only 4,361, and it has only 356 households. This makes it the least populous urban area in Bannu Division , but it is also the only urbanized area in the entire region of North Waziristan , and also the entire Waziristan region, a mountainous area that has 99% of its 1.22 million residents living in rural areas. Miranshah is the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan District , in

90-749: A basin drained by two rivers from the hills of Waziristan , the Kurram River and the Gambila or Tochi, which unite at Lakki and flow into the Indus south of Kalabagh. It is shut in on every side by mountains: on the north by those in the Teri tahsil of Kohat District ; on the east by the southern extremity of the Maidani Pahar or Khattak Niazi range and the northern spur of the Marwat range, which separate

135-767: A few miles of Mittughar (12,470 feet), a point on the Safed Koh in 33° 55' N. and 70° 37' E. At the time of the One Unit policy, Kohat District became a part of the then-much-larger Peshawar Division . When the policy ended, though, Kohat District stayed in the division. The area received full-fledged division status between the Pakistani censuses of 1981 and 1998 , and during the same time period, Hangu Tehsil and Karak Tehsil (formerly Teri Tehsil) were also upgraded, to district status (becoming Hangu District and Lakki Marwat District ). In August 2000, Kohat Division

180-448: A rate of more than 3% every year between 1998 and 2017. Karak , Kohat Division's third-largest city, is the largest city and namesake of Karak District . Having a population just over 50,000, it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 24th largest city . Hangu , Kohat Division's second-largest city, is the largest city and namesake of Hangu District . Having a population just under 50,000, it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 27th largest city . In 1998, Hangu

225-409: A total area of 9,975 km (3,851 sq mi). North Waziristan District is the largest district in the division, with 4,707 km (1,817 sq mi) of area, which means it takes up 47.19% of the area of the entire division! Lakki Marwat District is the second-largest district of the division, and it takes up an area of 3,296 km (1,273 sq mi), or 33.04% of the area of

270-536: Is Shuidār (11,000 feet), at the western end of the Khaisora valley. After independence, Bannu District became a part of the then-much-larger Dera Ismail Khan Division . The area received full-fledged division status between the Pakistani censuses of 1981 and 1998 , and during the same time period, Lakki Marwat Tehsil (having been renamed from Marwat Tehsil) was also upgraded, to district status (becoming Lakki Marwat District ). In August 2000, Bannu Division

315-666: Is also described in the Gazetteer. Political Agency in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 32° 45' and 33° 15' N. and 69° 30' and 70° 40' E., with an area of about 2,310 square miles. It is bounded on the north and east by the Districts of Kohāt and Bannu, and on the south by the Shaktu stream, from the point where it enters the latter district Shuidār at its head. From Shuidār the boundary follows

360-681: Is also used in an extended sense to include almost the whole territory except the Bāzār and Khyber valleys inhabited by these tribed, the portions occupied by them in the winter months being distinguished as Lower Tīrāh. Tīrāh thus consists of the country watered by the Mastūrah, one of the main branches of the Bārā, which flows through the centre of the country, the Khānki Toi, and the Khurmāna — three rivers which rise within

405-471: Is more than six times larger than Parachinar , Kurram District's administrative district capital. Orakzai District is the only district in the division without a single urbanized area. It is entirely rural. The division has one cantonment, the Kohat Cantonment, adjacent to the city of Kohat which had a population of 36,935, making up the division's entire military population. This made 1.15% of

450-471: Is used for both civil and military purposes. Other notable places include a bazaar, a sports stadium, a primary school, a secondary school and a college. Bannu Division Bannu Division is one of seven divisions in Pakistan 's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It consists of three districts : Bannu , Lakki Marwat , and North Waziristan . The division borders Dera Ismail Khan Division to

495-575: The Darra Tang or 'narrow gorge' which lies between the extremities of the Maidani Pahar and Marwat ranges. The Tochi river enters the District about 6 miles south of the Kurram and flows in the same direction, gradually drawing closer to it until their streams unite about 6 or 7 miles west of the Darra Tang. North Waziristan, on the other hand, was an agency in the province bordering Bannu District. It

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540-777: The District from the Isa Khel tahsil of Mianwali District in the Punjab; on the south-east and south the Marwat and Bhittanni ranges divide it from Dera Ismail Khan ; and on the west and north-west lie Waziristan and independent territory inhabited by the Bhittanni tribe. These hills nowhere attain any great height. The highest point of the Maidani range at its centre, near the hamlet and valley of Maidan, has an altitude of only 4,256 feet. The Marwat range culminates in Sheikh Budin,

585-598: The Kurram. The Kohāt Toi rises in the Māmozai hills. It has but a small perennial flow, which disapeears before it reaches the town of Kohāt, but the stream reappears some miles lower down and thence flows continuously to the Indus. The Teri Toi has little or no perennial flow, and the Shkalai is also small, though perennial. The most fertile part is the Hangu tahsīl , which comprises the valley of Lower and Upper Mīrānzai. The rest of

630-754: The Tochi, the most open and fertile of the four; and the Khaisora valley in the south. Between the Kaitu and Tochi lie the Sheratulla and, north of Miram Shāh, the Dande — two barren plains, each about 30 square miles in area. Another plateau, called the Spereghāra, similar to the Sheratulla but smaller, lies between the Kurram and the Kaity. With these exceptions, the valleys are separated by high barren hills. The loftiest peak

675-592: The area that would later become Orakzai District was an unadministered patch of land known as Tīrāh. Its description is below. A mountainous tract of ‘unadministered’ territory in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 37' and 34°N 70° 30' and 71° 15' E. It is inhabited in the summer months by all the sections of the Orakzai, two sections of the Jowāki Afrīdis, and by the Kulla Khel Afrīdis. The name

720-611: The area which today covers the division (excluding North Waziristan) was known as Bannu District. The Bannu District was one of five trans-Indus districts in the North-West Frontier Province of British India , and it was split into the tehsils of Bannu and Marwat. Here is a description of the area given by the Imperial Gazetteer of India. One of the four trans-Indus Districts of the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 32° 16'N and 33°5′N and between 70°23'E and 71°16′E, with an area of 1,670 square miles. The District forms

765-570: The area which today covers the division (excluding Orakzai and Kurram) was known as Kohat District. Kohat District was one of five trans-Indus districts in the North-West Frontier Province of British India . It was split into the Tehsils of Hangu, Kohat, and Teri. Here is a description of the area given by the Imperial Gazetteer of India. Central District of the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 32° 48' and 33° 45'N. and 70° 30' and 72° 1' E., with an area of 2,973 square miles. The district has

810-435: The country of Afghanistan to its west. As of the 2023 Census of Pakistan , the division had a population of 3,092,078. Bannu Division had four urbanized areas in 2017, the lowest amount out of any division in the entire province, and its most populous city, Lakki Marwat , had a population of 59,465, and that made it the smallest city in the province that was classified as the largest city of its own division, and it only

855-739: The country of the Māssozai section of the Orakzai and that of the Zaimusht tribe on the east, its south-eastern corner abutting on the Mīrānzai country of Kohāt District. On the south it borders on Northern Wazīristān; and on the south-west and west it is contiguous with the Afghān district of Khost, of which the Jāji Maidan or plain, the Chamkanni country, and Hariob Jāji lie on its western extremity. At that time,

900-424: The district consists of ranges of hills much broken into spurs, ravines, and valleys, which are sometimes cultivated but more often bare and sandy. Kurram, on the other hand, was an agency in the province bordering Kohat District. It is also described in the Gazetteer. A Political Agency in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 19' and 34° 3' N. and 69° 39' and 70° 28' E., and comprising that section of

945-536: The division, having areas of 3,380 km (1,310 sq mi) and 3,371 km (1,302 sq mi) respectively. Together they make up about 55% of the area of the division. Kohat District , despite being the most populous, comes in as the third-largest district in the province with an area of 2,991 km (1,155 sq mi). The two smaller districts of the division, Hangu (with an area of only 1,097 km (424 sq mi)) and Orakzai (with an area of 1,538 km (594 sq mi)) make up

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990-482: The division. Bannu District only has an area of 1,972 km (761 sq mi), which means it barely takes up a fifth of the division's area. The important Kurram River (a major tributary of the Indus River ) flows through the division, flowing through North Waziristan District , Bannu District (where it flows near the namesake of the division, Bannu ), and Lakki Marwat District (where it flows near

1035-417: The east by the Indus. Its greatest length in 104 miles, and its greatest width 50 miles. The District consists of a succession of ranges of broken hills, whose general trend is east and west, and between which lie open valleys, seldom more than 4 or 5 miles in width. These ranges are of no great height, though several peaks attain an altitude of 4,700 or 4,900 feet. As the District is generally elevated, Hangu to

1080-485: The east, and Afghanistan to the northwest. CNIC code of Kohat Division is 14. Districts are the administrative units. They are at a lower level than a division and higher than a tehsil one level below divisions in the administrative hierarchy of Pakistan. Kohat Division consists of the following five districts : Hangu , Karak , Kohat , Kurram , and Orakzai . (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) In 1941,

1125-754: The eastern watershed of the Shawāl valley as far as Drenashtar Sar, and then runs north-east along the Durand Line to Kohisar in the country of the Kābul Khel Wazīrs and Biland Khel. The Agency thus comprises four large and fertile valleys: in the north, the Lower Kurram valley between the Kurram Agency on the upper reaches of that river and Bannu District; the Kaitu Valley; Daur in the valley of

1170-476: The entire population of the division active military personnel. Kohat Division Kohat Division is one of the seven divisions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It consists of five districts : Hangu , Karak , Kohat , Kurram , and Orakzai . The division borders Bannu Division to the south and west, Peshawar Division to the north and east, the province of Punjab to

1215-407: The entire population of the division active military personnel. In 1998, the dominant language in the division was Pashto , with over 90% of the population speaking it as their mother tongue. Punjabi is spoken by about 1% of the population, and Urdu and Saraiki are spoken by about 0.35% and 0.3% of the population respectively. Of the remaining 5% of the population, most are suspected to speak

1260-697: The former Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan (FATA). In 2018, FATA was merged into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Miranshah was named after the Timurid ruler, Miran Shah , the son of Timur . In 1905, the British constructed Miranshah Fort to control North Waziristan. In the early 1950s, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the "Tochi Scouts" of Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps carried out counter-insurgency operations from Miranshah Airfield and Miranshah Fort against

1305-502: The hill which rises abruptly from its south-west end to a height of 4,516 feet, and forms the summer retreat for this District and Dera Ismail Khan. From these ranges numerous spurs jut out into the Bannu plains, but no other hills break their level expanse. Of the rivers the larger is the Kurram, which, entering the District at its north-western corner close to Bannu town, runs at first south-east, then south, and finally winds eastward through

1350-712: The insurgency fomented by the rebellious General Shudikhel Dawar and Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi). In the 1950s, Miranshah was also the site of a weapons firing range of the PAF, which was located next to the Miranshah Airfield. After 9/11 , Miranshah gained prominence in the United States-led War on Terror and has witnessed numerous drone strikes by the US Central Intelligence Agency targeting alleged militants hiding in

1395-489: The interior of the division, wedged between the three larger districts to their west and east. The important Kurram River (a major tributary of the Indus River ) begins in this division, in Kurram District. To Kohat Division's northeast, you will find Peshawar Division , to the division's southwest, Bannu Division can be found. To the southeast of Kohat Division, the divisions of Sargodha and Rawalpindi in

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1440-413: The largest city in the division, Lakki Marwat ), before it exits the division through the border with Punjab , where it will join the Indus. To Bannu Division's northwest, you will find Kohat Division , to the division's west and southwest, Dera Ismail Khan Division can be found. To the southeast of Bannu Division, Sargodha Division in the province of Punjab can be found, and Bannu Division borders

1485-454: The northward being 2,800 feet and Kohāt, its head-quarters, 1,700 feet above sea-level, the ranges rise to only inconsiderable heights above the plain. The general slope is to the east, towards the Indus, but on the south-west the fall is towards the west into the Kurram river. The principal streams are the Kohāt and Teri Tois (‘streams’), both tributaries of the Indus, and the Shkalai which flows into

1530-590: The province are the town of Sarai Naurang of Lakki Marwat District, with a population of 29,955, and the only urbanized area in North Waziristan District (and the whole region of Waziristan), Miranshah , which had a population of 4,361 in 2017. The division has one cantonment, the Bannu Cantonment , adjacent to the city of Bannu which had a population of 8,320, making up the division's entire military population. This made 0.31% of

1575-482: The province of Punjab can be found, and Kohat Division borders the country of Afghanistan to its northwest. As of the 2023 Census of Pakistan , the division had a population of 3,752,436. Kohat , the division's namesake and largest city, is situated in Kohat District and has over 200,000 inhabitants. Kohat is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's fourth-largest city and is a fast-growing city whose population grew at

1620-687: The shape of an irregular rhomboid, which one arm stretching north-east towards the Khwarra-Zira forest in Peshāwar District. It is bounded on the north by Peshāwar District, and by the hills inhabited by the Jowāki and Pass Afrīdis; on the north-west by Orakzai Tīrāh; on the south-west by the Kābul Khel territory (Wazīristān); on the south-east by Bannu and the Miānwālī District of the Punjab; and on

1665-558: The six Frontier Regions with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . With this merger, Bannu Division gained the agency of North Waziristan, which became a district , the Frontier Region Bannu (which was fully merged into Bannu District as Wazir Subdivision), and the Frontier Region Lakki Marwat (which was fully merged into Lakki Marwat District as Bettani Subdivision). Bannu Division has

1710-498: The six Frontier Regions with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . With this merger, Kohat Division gained the agencies of Kurram and Orakzai, which became districts , and the Frontier Region Kohat (which was fully merged into Kohat District as Darra Adam Khel Subdivision). Kohat Division has a total area of 12,377 km (4,779 sq mi). Kurram and Karak Districts are the two largest districts in

1755-476: The south and west, Kohat Division to the north and east, and the province of Punjab, Pakistan to its east. CNIC code of Bannu Division is 11. Districts are the administrative unit one level below divisions in the administrative hierarchy of Pakistan. Bannu Division consists of the following three districts : Bannu , Lakki Marwat , and North Waziristan . (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) In 1941,

1800-428: The town and the surrounding foothills. Miranshah and its surrounding areas have also witnessed fighting between militants and Pakistani military and paramilitary forces. Miranshah has a historical fort built by the British in 1905, which, since Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947, has been used as a garrison by the "Tochi Scouts" of Pakistan's Frontier Corps . The town also has a 7,000 ft. long airfield, which

1845-621: The valley of the Kurram river which lies between the Peiwar Kotal in the west and the borders of Mīrānzai in the east. The Agency has an area of about 1,278 square miles, its maximum length from Thal to the Peiwar Kotal being 72 miles as the crow flies, and its breadth varying from 12 to 24 miles. Bounded on the north by the Safed Koh or 'White Mountain' (called in Pashtū the Spīn Ghar), which separates it from Ningrahār, it adjoins Pāra-Chamkanni and

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1890-711: Was abolished along with every other division in the country , but was reinstated (with all the other divisions of Pakistan) eight years later after the elections of 2008 . In 2018, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly . This entirely and fully merged the seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and

1935-421: Was abolished along with every other division in the country , but was reinstated (with all the other divisions of Pakistan) eight years later after the elections of 2008 . In 2018, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly . This entirely and fully merged the seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and

1980-638: Was larger than Karak, but due to Karak's fast growth, has been overtaken. Sadda , in Kurram District , is the fourth-largest city in Kohat Division, with about 35,000 inhabitants. It was the second-largest city in the now-defunct Federally Administered Tribal Areas and is the 40th largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . It is a fast-growing city (with a population growth rate of 3.75% every year between 1998 and 2017, which means its population more than doubled during that period) and

2025-508: Was the 20th largest city in the entire province . Bannu , the namesake of the division, in Bannu District , was the second-largest city in the division and the 25th largest in the province, with a population of 49,965. The city of Bannu, though, was the largest city in the division, in 1998, but its population stagnated throughout the period of time between 1998 and 2017, growing only 0.25% every year . The other two urbanized areas in

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