Central Kurram Tehsil is a subdivision located in
Kurram District
Kurram District () is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name Kurram comes from the river ''Kwarma'' () in Pashto, which itself derives from the Sanskrit word ''Krumu'' ().
Until 2018, it funct ...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. The population is 229,356 according to the
2017 census.
History
Central Kurram was previously known as
F.R. Kurram until it was renamed in 2004.
Demographics
Unlike
Upper and
Lower Kurram, Central Kurram is mostly inhabited by
Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...
Pashtun tribes.
See also
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List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administrative sub-division of a District. Those are sub-divided into union councils. Here is a list of all the tehsils of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
List of the tehsils
List of the tehsils by population over the yea ...
References
Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Populated places in Kurram District
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