Kurram District

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Kurram District is an administrative district in northwestern Pakistan, located along the Afghan border and known for its strategically important Kurram Valley and ethnically diverse population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeCenter Parachinar
borderCrossingArea Kurram Valley
borderRegion Durand Line
borders Afghanistan
country Pakistan
geographicalFeature fertile valley
mountainous terrain
governedBy Deputy Commissioner
hasAgricultureProduct fruits
maize
wheat
hasEthnicGroup Bangash
Pashtuns
Turi
hasMajorTown Alizai
Parachinar
Sadda
hasReligiousCommunity Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims
linked to: Sunni Islam
hasSecurityIssue militancy
sectarian conflict
hasTehsil Central Kurram Tehsil
linked to: Kurram District

Lower Kurram Tehsil
Upper Kurram Tehsil
linked to: Kurram District
hasValley Kurram Valley
knownFor Kurram Valley
ethnic diversity
strategic location
languageSpoken Pashto
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
northwestern Pakistan
partOf Kohat Division
former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
sharesBorderWithProvince Nangarhar Province
Paktia Province
strategicFor Afghanistan
Pakistan
strategicReason access route between Pakistan and central Afghanistan
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
traversedBy Kurram River
utcOffset +05:00
valleyNameEtymology named after Kurram River

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Kohat Division containsDistrict Kurram District
Khyber District borderWith Kurram District
Karlani hasRegion Kurram District
Kurram Agency mergedInto Kurram District
Hangu District borderedBy Kurram District
Hangu borderingArea Kurram region
linked to: Kurram District
Parachinar isAdministrativeCenterOf Kurram District
Parachinar isCapitalOf Kurram District
Parachinar governingBody District administration of Kurram
linked to: Kurram District
Tirah region borderingRegion Kurram region
linked to: Kurram District
Paktia Province borders Kurram District
Kurram District hasTehsil Upper Kurram Tehsil
linked to: Kurram District
Kurram District hasTehsil Central Kurram Tehsil
linked to: Kurram District
Zadran tribe locatedIn Kurram District
Afridi notableArea Kurram region
linked to: Kurram District
Orakzai borderingRegion Kurram District
Turi locatedIn Kurram District
Mangal region Kurram District
Jaji locatedIn Kurram District
Zazai locatedIn Kurram District
Ormur people region Kurram District
Kurram Valley partOf Kurram District
Peiwar Kotal near Kurram District
Orakzai tribe borderRegion Kurram District
Kalaya nearBorderWith Kurram District
Alizai locatedIn Kurram District
Alizai governedBy Kurram District administration
linked to: Kurram District
Turi tribe locatedIn Kurram District
Lower Kurram Tehsil partOf Kurram District
Lower Kurram Tehsil administrativeUnitOf Kurram District
Spīn Ghar locatedIn Kurram District