FATA
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FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) was a semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border, historically governed under a separate legal and administrative framework.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Political Agent (FATA system) | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal territory of Pakistan
ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ tribal region ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FATA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area |
27220 square kilometers
ⓘ
about 10510 square miles ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilgit-Baltistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamabad Capital Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consistedOf |
Bajaur Agency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frontier Regions NERFINISHED ⓘ Khyber Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurram Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohmand Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ North Waziristan Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Orakzai Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ South Waziristan Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2018 ⓘ |
| dominantEthnicGroup | Pashtuns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | 1947 ⓘ |
| excludedFrom | ordinary provincial laws of Pakistan (before 2018) ⓘ |
| fullName | Federally Administered Tribal Areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| governedUnder | special constitutional provisions of Pakistan ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | federally administered tribal area ⓘ |
| hasTribalSystem | Pashtun tribal structure ⓘ |
| historicalContext | borderland between British India and Afghanistan ⓘ |
| judicialSystem | jirga-based dispute resolution (before reforms) ⓘ |
| legalFramework | Frontier Crimes Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | semi-autonomous region ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainReligion | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerDate | 2018-05-31 ⓘ |
| mergerLegalInstrument | Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRepresentation | separate seats in Pakistan National Assembly (before 2018) ⓘ |
| partOf | Durand Line border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCensus2017 | approximately 5000000 ⓘ |
| postMergerStatus | districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| predecessor | Tribal Areas under British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securitySituation | affected by militancy and insurgency after 2001 ⓘ |
| senateRepresentation | separate seats in Senate of Pakistan (before 2018) ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| underAuthorityOf | President of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Political Agent (FATA system)