Jandola Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

) of Tank District in

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province of

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. The subdivision borders

South Waziristan South Mahsud Waziristan District () was a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, before splitting into the Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan D ...

to the north, south and west and

Lakki Marwat District Lakki Marwat (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Bannu Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was created as an administrative district on 1 July 1992, prior to which it was a tehsil of Bannu District. Geogra ...

to the north-east. The capital is the town of Jandola. Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Tank Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Tank. The region was named after Tank District which lied to the south-east. With the dissolution of the

Federally Administered Tribal Areas The Federally Administered Tribal Areas, commonly known as FATA, was a semi-autonomous tribal region in north-western Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with the neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 through the ...

and its incorporation into

, Frontier Region Tank was reorganizd as Jandola Tehsil within Tank District.

Geography and climate

The region is mostly covered by the dry Bhittani hills, gradually sloping from north-west towards south-east. The highest point of the region is above sea level. Most of the streams which originate from the region are seasonal and normally end up in the arid plains of Dera Ismail Khan District. The region experiences hot summers and cold winters. The summer season is from April to October with June, July and August as the hottest months. The winter season is from November to March with December, January and February as the coldest months.

Demography

The 1998 census counted a total population of .

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is the

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of 97.5% of the population, and Punjabi – of 2.1%. The main tribe in the region is the Bhittani, who also inhabit the frontier regions of

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; Urdu and , ), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 10th largest city of Pakistan and third or fourth largest in the province of Khy ...

and

Bannu Bannu (, ), also called Bani Gul or Bani (, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe and speak Banuch ...

Notable people

* Abdullah Nagyal * Pattu Lala * Sardar Rahim * Said Badshah Ahqar * Mir Sallam Aqdas * Mustafa Abbasi

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

Notable people

See also

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