Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)

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former administrative territorial entity tribal region

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas were a former semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border, known for their distinct tribal governance and strategic geopolitical significance.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Federally Administered Tribal Areas 2
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical) 2
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (former) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
tribal region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Peshawar ⓘ
area approximately 27,000 square kilometres ⓘ
borderedBy Afghanistan ⓘ
Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
capital Peshawar ⓘ
composedOf Bajaur Agency ⓘ
Frontier Regions ⓘ
Khyber District ⓘ
surface form: Khyber Agency

Kurram Agency ⓘ
Mohmand Agency ⓘ
North Waziristan Agency ⓘ
Orakzai Agency ⓘ
South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentForMerger Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
constitutionalStatusBeforeMerger federally administered territory ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
dissolvedOn 2018-05-31 ⓘ
establishedOn 1947-08-14 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
governedBy Government of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Pakistan
governedUnder Frontier Crimes Regulations ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment indirect rule ⓘ
tribal governance ⓘ
hasLegalStatus semi-autonomous region ⓘ
hasSpecialRepresentative Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
President of Pakistan ⓘ
historicalRegionOf South Asia ⓘ
largestCity Peshawar ⓘ
locatedIn western Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Pakistan
locatedInMountainRange Hindu Kush ⓘ
Sulaiman Mountains ⓘ
locatedOnBorderWith Afghanistan ⓘ
mainLanguage Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
partOf Pakistan ⓘ
population approximately 5,000,000 ⓘ
populationAsOf 2017 ⓘ
precededBy Tribal Agencies of British India ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance Afghan–Pakistan border security ⓘ
war on terror ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
usedLegalSystem jirga system ⓘ
tribal customary law ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:00 ⓘ
wasSiteOf U.S. drone strikes ⓘ
militant insurgency ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Afghanistan–Pakistan border → adjacentTo → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (former)
KPK → borders → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical)
Kohat Division → hasHistoricalAssociation → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
North-West Frontier campaigns → locatedInPresentDay → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Torkham → region → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical)
Pakhto → spokenIn → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Pashto language → spokenIn → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
Khyber District → wasPartOf → Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas