Wazir Tehsil

For other uses, see Bannu District and Bannu Tehsil.

Wazir Tehsil تحصیل گومتی ګوماتي تحصیل‎ Frontier Region Bannu سرحدی علاقہ بنوں بنو سرحدي سیمه‎
Tehsil
Wazir Tehsil (red) in Bannu District
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	43,114

Wazir Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Bannu District, Bannu Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. The total population, according to the 1998 census, was 19,600,^[2]: 5 98.1% of which have Pashto as a first language, and the remaining 1.9% speak Punjabi.^[2]: 6

Geography

This subdivision borders Karak District and Hangu District to the north, North Waziristan to the west, and Jabar Kili Tehsil (formerly Lakki Marwat Subdivision) to the south.

History

Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Bannu Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Bannu (FR Bannu), as a subdivision in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The region was named after Bannu District, which lied to the east.^[3] With the dissolution of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and its incorporation into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Frontier Region Bannu was reorganizd as Gumatti Tehsil within Bannu District.^{[citation needed]}

Education

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, FR Bannu is ranked 67 out of 148 districts in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked 75 out of 148.^[4]

See also

• Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Bannu District

References

1. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
2. 1998 census report of Tribal Area Adjoining Bannu District. Census publication. Vol. 150. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2001.
3. "Historical background and administrative profile of the FR Kohat". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
4. "Individual district profile link, 2015". Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

External links

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