The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan are areas bordering Afghanistan, outside the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 sq mi). The area has Afghanistan to the north-west, NWFP to the east and Balochistan Province to the south.
Geography
The FATA are bordered by: Afghanistan to the west with the border marked by the Durand Line, the North-West Frontier Province and the Punjab Province to the east, and Balochistan to the south.
The 7 Tribal Areas lie in a north-to-south strip that is adjacent to the west side of the 6 Frontier Regions , which also lie in a north-to-south strip. The areas within each of those 2 regions are geographically arranged in a sequence from north to south.
The geographical arrangement of the 7 Tribal Areas in order from north to south is: Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan, South Waziristan. The geographical arrangement of the 6 Frontier Regions in order from north to south is: Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Dera Ismael Khan.
Administrative Divisions of FATA
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas’’’, consists of Seven Tribal Areas and are called the Agencies, which are from North to South:
- Bajaur Agency
- Mommand Agency
- Khyber Agency
- Orakzai Agency
- Kurram Agency
- North Waziristan Agency
- South Waziristan Agency
