The Frontier Region Peshawar (often abbreviated as FR Peshawar) is a small administrative unit in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. The region is named after Peshawar District which lies to the north and west and also borders Nowshera District to the east and the frontier region of Kohat to the south. It is administered by the district coordination officer (DCO) of Peshawar District. The overall administration of the Frontier Regions is carried out by the FATA Secretariat based in Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
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Geography and climate
The region is hilly, with average heights of over 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level.
Demography
The population in 1998 was 53,800. 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'.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.