Lower South Waziristan District (Urdu: ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان زیریں; Pashto: لر جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is district located in Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Lower South Waziristan District was created in April 2022 by bifurcation of the South Waziristan District.[1]Wana as its capital.[2][3][4]
Lower South Waziristan
ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان زیریں | |
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District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
![]() Location of Upper South Waziristan District (highlighted in red). | |
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Province | ![]() |
Division | Dera Ismail Khan |
Established | 13 April 2022 |
Founded by | PTI Government |
Headquarters | Wana |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Number of Tehsils | 4 |
languages | Hindko • Pashto • Urdu |
Total Population of the district is 307815 according to Census of 2017.[citation needed]
The district is divided into the following tehsils:
Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
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Provincial capital: Peshawar | ||
Abaseen | ![]() | |
Bannu | ||
Dera Ismail Khan | ||
Hazara |
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Kohat | ||
Malakand | ||
Mardan |
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Peshawar |
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