Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Map of FATA, Pakistan

Urdu map of the region

Flag of FATA

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) (Urdu: قبائلی علاقہ جات) in Pakistan are areas of Pakistan outside the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²). Miran Shah is the tribal capital. There are seven areas known as Agencies and six areas known as Frontier Regions.

• Bajaur Agency
• Khyber Agency
• Kurram Agency
• Mohmand Agency
• Orakzai Agency
• North Waziristan Agency
• South Waziristan Agency

Frontier Regions

Emblem of FATA

the map of FATA.

Main page: Frontier Regions

The Frontier Regions are named after their adjacent settled districts. The administration of the FR is carried out by the DCO / DC of the neighbouring named district. The overall administration of the frontier regions is carried out by the FATA Secretariat, based in Peshawar and reporting to the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The six regions are:

• Frontier Region Bannu
• Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
• Frontier Region Kohat
• Frontier Region Lakki Marwat
• Frontier Region Peshawar
• Frontier Region Tank (Jandola)

Geography

The FATA are bordered by: Afghanistan to the west with the border marked by the Durand Line, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to the north and east, and Balochistan to the south.

The seven Tribal Areas lie in a north-to-south strip that is adjacent to the west side of the six Frontier Regions, which also lie in a north-to-south strip. The areas within each of those two regions are geographically arranged in a sequence from north to south.

The geographical arrangement of the seven Tribal Areas in order from north to south is: Bajaur Agency, Mohmand Agency, Khyber, Orakzai Agency, Kurram, North Waziristan, South Waziristan. The geographical arrangement of the six Frontier Regions in order from north to south is: Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan.