Peshawar Subdivision formerly Frontier Region Peshawar is a subdivision in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of
Pakistan. The region is named after
Peshawar District which lies to the north and west and also borders
Nowshera District
Nowshera District ( ps, نوښار ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The capital and district headquarter is Nowshera city.
Overview and history
Nowshera was a tehsil (sub di ...
to the east and
Kohat Subdivision to the south.
It is administered by the district coordination officer (DCO) of
Peshawar District.
The main settlement in Peshawar division is
Kalakhel.
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
first language is
Pashto, spoken by 99.2% of the inhabitants of the district.
The main and only tribe of FR Peshawar is the sub-tribe
Adam Khel of Afridis. The
Afridi 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.
See also
*
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
*
Peshawar District
References
External links
Government of the Federally Administered Tribal AreasPakistani Federal Ministry of States and Frontier Regions
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