Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistani
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Orakzai District | District |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province | Province |
| Pakistan | Country |
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Locality type:
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Orakzai Agency
Other Languages:
French:
Agence d'Orakzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Russian:
Оракзай, Хайбер-Пахтунхва, Пакистан
Simplified Chinese:
奥拉克兹特区, 开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省, 巴基斯坦
Urdu:
ضلع اورکزئی, خیبر پختونخوا, پاکستان
Bengali:
ওরাকজাই জেলা, খাইবার পাখতুনখোয়া, পাকিস্তান
Cebuano:
Orakzai Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Farsi/Persian:
اورکزی، پاکستان, خیبر پختونخوا, پاکستان
Japanese:
オーラクザイ管区, カイバル・パクトゥンクワ州, パキスタン
Malayalam:
ഒറക്സൈ ഏജൻസി, ഖൈബർ പഖ്തുൻഖ്വ, പാകിസ്താൻ
Polish:
Agencja Orakzai, Chajber Pasztunchwa, Pakistan
Punjabi:
ਓਰਾਕਜ਼ਾਈ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ, ਖ਼ੈਬਰ ਪਖ਼ਤੁਨਖ਼ਵਾ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ
Sindhi:
اورڪزئي ضلعو, خيبر پختونخوا, پاڪستان
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Оракзай, Хайбар Паштунчво, Покистон
Traditional Chinese:
奧拉克茲特區, 西北邊境省, 巴基斯坦
Western Punjabi:
اورکزی, خیبر پختونخوا, پاکستان
Orakzai Agency is one of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It has a population of 450,000 and an area of 700 square miles (1,800 km2). The Orakzai tribe comprises 18 subsidiary tribes.
The valley is flanked by mountain ranges 6,000 to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) high. Among the seven tribal agencies, Orakzai Agency is the second smallest in area after Bajaur Agency. It is bounded by Kurram Agency in the west, Khyber in the north, Kohat District on the south and Peshawar in the east. The whole of the territory of Orakzai agency is a mountainous tract dissected by numerous dry water courses, especially in the south-western part of the agency. The two major streams are the Mastura River and Khanki Toi River, both of which originate from the hills to west and run the east.
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Fossils
There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 3 | ||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 174 Ma (Middle Jurassic) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 183 Ma (Early Jurassic) | ||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | ||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai_District |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q2580389 |
| GeoNames ID: | 1168705 |
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