Buner District

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Buner District
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Location of Buner District (highlighted in red) within the North-West Frontier Province.
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Time zone PST (UTC+5)
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Website [1]

Buner (Urdu: بونیر) is a district of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

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[edit] History

The Buner Valley lies on the Peshawar valley border of the North-West Frontier Province of modern day Pakistan. It is a small mountain valley, dotted with villages and divided into seven sub-divisions. The Mora Hills and the Ilam range divide it from Swat, the Sinawar range from Yusafzai, the Guru mountains from the Chamla valley, and the Duma range from the Puran Valley. Until the the year 2000 it was a part of Malakand Division - until this district was abolished.

[edit] Tribes

The majority of the population are Pashtun of the Yousafzai tribe - their language being Pashto, other tribes include the Sayyed.

[edit] Administration

The district is divided into two tehsils, these are: [1]

[edit] Constituencies

The district has three constituencies in the provincial assembly, these are:[2]. Following the elections of 2008 the Awami National Party won all three seats:[3]

Constituency MPA Party
PF-77 (Buner-I) Sardar Hussain Awami National Party
PF-78 (Buner-II) Qaiser Wali Khan Awami National Party
PF-79 (Buner-III) Said Rahim Awami National Party

[edit] Villages

There is a village named Pir Baba. It is a green valley, surrounded by high and green mountains. The famous two mountains are, Elum Ghar and Dua Saray Ghar. This is the land of many great saints. Pir Baba, Dewanababa and Shalbandi Baba are the famous among the locals and outsiders.

[edit] References

  1. ^ List of Tehsils
  2. ^ Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP
  3. ^ PF-78 (Buner-II)
Administrative Divisions of North-West Frontier Province Flag of Pakistan
Capital Peshawar
Districts Abbottabad | Bannu | Batagram | Buner | Charsadda | Chitral | Dera Ismail Khan | Hangu | Haripur | Karak | Kohat | Kohistan | Lakki Marwat | Lower Dir | Malakand | Mansehra | Mardan | Nowshera | Peshawar | Shangla District | Swabi | Swat | Tank | Upper Dir 
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