Orakzai District
Orakzai District
ضلع اورکزئی اورکزي ولسوالۍ Orakzai Agency اورکزئی ایجنسئ اورکزي ایجنسئ | |
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Village in Orakzai district | |
Orakzai District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Coordinates: 33°43′50.2″N 71°00′54.2″E / 33.730611°N 71.015056°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Kohat |
| Established | 30 November 1973 (as an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas) |
| Headquarters | Ghiljo Bazar (Upper Orakzai) Kalaya (Lower Orakzai) |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mr Muhammad Khalid (BPS-18 PAS) |
| • District Police Officer | Nazir Ahmed Khan Tanoli (BPS-18 PSP) |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| 1,538 km2 (594 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023) | |
| 387,561 | |
| • Density | 252.0/km2 (652.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0 |
| • Rural | 387,561 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Main language(s) | Pakhto |
| Website | orakzai |
Orakzai District (Pashto: اورکزي ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع اورکزئی) is a district of Kohat Division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before 1973, it was part of the Frontier Region of Kohat. Up until 2018, it was an agency within the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. However, with the merger of the FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it attained the status of a district.