Kurram Agency

E244138

former administrative district tribal agency

Kurram Agency was an administrative district in Pakistan’s former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, located along the Afghan border and known for its strategic Kurram Valley and significant Shia Muslim population.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Kurram Agency canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative district ⓘ tribal agency ⓘ
abolishedAsAgency	2018 ⓘ
administrativeStatusBefore2018	tribal agency under FATA ⓘ
borders	Afghanistan ⓘ
bordersProvince	Khost Province ⓘ Nangarhar Province ⓘ Paktia Province ⓘ
bordersRegion	Khyber District ⓘ surface form: Khyber Agency North Waziristan Agency ⓘ Orakzai Agency ⓘ
borderType	international border with Afghanistan ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Pashtuns ⓘ
experienced	militancy and insurgency ⓘ sectarian conflict ⓘ
governedBy	Political Agent (under FCR system) ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Kurram–Afghanistan border crossings ⓘ
hasCapital	Parachinar ⓘ
hasLanguage	Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Urdu (as official language of Pakistan) ⓘ
hasMajorityReligion	Islam ⓘ
hasSignificantCommunity	Shia Islam ⓘ surface form: Shia Muslims Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Sunni Muslims
hasTown	Alizai ⓘ Sadda ⓘ Thall ⓘ
hasValley	Kurram Valley ⓘ
historicalRegion	North-West Frontier region ⓘ surface form: Tribal Areas
knownFor	significant Shia Muslim population ⓘ strategic Kurram Valley ⓘ
legalFramework	Frontier Crimes Regulations ⓘ
locatedIn	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region (post-FATA merger) northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInValley	Kurram Valley ⓘ
mergedInto	Kurram District ⓘ
partOf	Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
postMergerStatus	subsumed into Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
religiousTension	Shia–Sunni conflict ⓘ
strategicImportance	access route between Pakistan and central Afghanistan ⓘ proximity to Kabul ⓘ
timeZone	Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver	Kurram River ⓘ
tribalComposition	Bangash tribe ⓘ Mangal tribe ⓘ Orakzai tribe ⓘ Turi tribe ⓘ
utcOffset	+05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) → composedOf → Kurram Agency ⓘ

subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Orakzai Agency → borderedBy → Kurram Agency ⓘ

North Waziristan Agency → borders → Kurram Agency ⓘ