Miranshah

E867129

Miranshah is the main administrative and commercial town of North Waziristan in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan.

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Miranshah canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
administrativeCenterOf North Waziristan NERFINISHED
administrativeChange merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018
borderRegion Durand Line area NERFINISHED
capitalOf North Waziristan District NERFINISHED
climate semi-arid climate
continent Asia
controlledBy Government of Pakistan NERFINISHED
country Pakistan
economicActivity local markets
trade
ethnicGroup Pashtuns NERFINISHED
governingSystemHistory formerly governed under Frontier Crimes Regulation
hasCoordinateLocation approximate coordinates 33.0°N 70.1°E
hasMarket Miranshah Bazaar NERFINISHED
hasMilitaryPresence Pakistan Army NERFINISHED
hasNearbyAirport Miranshah Airport NERFINISHED
hasNearbyBorderCrossing Ghulam Khan border crossing NERFINISHED
hasRole administrative center
commercial center
hasTransportConnection road link to Bannu
road link to Ghulam Khan border crossing
hasTypeOfSettlement small urban center
historicalEvent affected by militancy and military operations in the 2000s and 2010s
languageUsed Pashto NERFINISHED
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Federally Administered Tribal Areas NERFINISHED
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED
North Waziristan NERFINISHED
locatedInMountainRange foothills of the Safed Koh and surrounding ranges
locatedInRegion Tribal Areas NERFINISHED
border region with Afghanistan
northwestern Pakistan NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedOnRiver Tochi River NERFINISHED
majorReligion Islam
militaryOperation Operation Zarb-e-Azb NERFINISHED
nearBorderWith Afghanistan NERFINISHED
partOf North Waziristan District NERFINISHED
postalCountrySubdivision Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED
securityStatusHistory designated conflict-affected area in the War on Terror
strategicImportance key town on route between Pakistan and Afghanistan
tribalAffiliation Dawari tribe NERFINISHED
Wazir tribe NERFINISHED
usedToBePartOf North Waziristan Agency NERFINISHED
utcOffset +05:00

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