Peshawar Subdivision formerly Frontier Region Peshawar is a subdivision in

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

province of

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. The region is named after

Peshawar District Peshawar District ( ps, پېښور ولسوالۍ, hnd, , ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is located about 160 km west of the Pakistan's capital Islamabad. The district headquarter i ...

which lies to the north and west and also borders Nowshera District to the east and

Kohat Subdivision Kohat Subdivision formerly Frontier Region Kohat is a subdivision in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The region is located adjacent to the Kohat District, and therefore derives its name from Kohat. Kohat subdivision also shares its bound ...

to the south. It is administered by the district coordination officer (DCO) of

. The main settlement in Peshawar division is

Kalakhel Kala Khel is a clan of Tirah Adam Khel.Kala Khel Area adjacent to FR Peshawar and FR Kohat is a part of Khyber Agency administratively whereas on the Topo - Sheet of Survey of Pakistan, it has been shown as the part of Peshawar Division and Kohat D ...

. GDP nominal 7 billion US dollars

Geography and climate

The region is hilly, with average heights of over above sea level.

Demography

The population in 1998 was . The predominant

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, spoken by 99.2% of the inhabitants of the district. The main and only tribe of FR Peshawar is the sub-tribe

Adam Khel Afridi Adam Khel ( ps, آدم خېل) is one of the 8 clans of the Afridi tribe that originated in the Pashtun region of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afridi Adam Khel origin is Tirah valley like other Afridi clans, Adam Khel area in Tirah ...

of Afridis. The

Afridi The Afrīdī ( ps, اپريدی ''Aprīdai'', plur. ''Aprīdī''; ur, آفریدی) are a Pashtun tribe present in Pakistan, with substantial numbers in Afghanistan. The Afridis are most dominant in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal ...

tribe is divided into 8 sub-tribes. Details has given below:- # Adam Khel # Malk Din Khel # Qamber Khel # Aqa Khel # Zakha Khel # Koki Khel # Qamer Khel and # Sipah.

References

External links

Government of the Federally Administered Tribal AreasPakistani Federal Ministry of States and Frontier Regions
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Geography and climate

Demography

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