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District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
North Waziristan District
ضلع شمالی وزیرستان شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ
District
Top: Shawal Valley Bottom: street in Mir Ali
North Waziristan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1910 (as an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas)
Headquarters
Miranshah
Number of Tehsils
9
Government
[1]
• Type
District Administration
• Mayor
N/A
• Deputy Commissioner
Manzoor Ahmed Afridi
• District Police Officer
Farhan Khan (BPS-18 PSP)
Area
• Total
4,707 km2 (1,817 sq mi)
Population
(2017)[2]
• Total
540,546
• Density
110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+5 (PST)
Main language
Pashto
Website
northwaziristan.kp.gov.pk
North Waziristan District (Pashto: شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع شمالی وزیرستان) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.[3][4][5] It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering 4,707 square kilometres (1,817 sq mi).[6] The capital city of North Waziristan is Miranshah.
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