The Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan (often abbreviated as F.R.D.I. Khan) is a small administrative unit in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas are a semi-autonomous tribal region in the northwest of Pakistan, lying between the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the neighboring country of Afghanistan. The FATA comprise seven Agencies and six FRs...

 (FATA) of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The region is named after Dera Ismail Khan District

Dera Ismail Khan District

Dera Ismail Khan is one of the 24 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan...

 which lies to the east and also borders South Waziristan

South Waziristan

South Waziristan is the southern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11,585 km² . Waziristan comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi River to the north and the Gomal River to the south, forming...

 Agency to the north, Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan District

Dera Ghazi Khan is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 5,306 m² and it is a long narrow strip of country, 198 m...

 and Musa Khel

Musa Khel District

Musa Khel District is situated in the northern part of the Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders with Paktia Province to the north, Sabari District to the east, Khost District to the south, Nadir Shah Kot District to the southwest and Qalandar District to the west. The population is 36,300...

 to the south and Zhob

Zhob District

Zhob is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob district is a Provincially Administered Tribal Area . Zhob district is subdivided into three subdistricts: Zhob, Kakkar and Sherani. The population of Zhob district is estimated to be over 500,000 in 2005...

 to the west. It is administered by the district coordination officer (DCO) of Dera Ismail Khan District. The overall administration of the Frontier Regions is carried out by the FATA Secretariat based in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The main village of the frontier region is Darazinda, which is also in the border of South Waziristan

South Waziristan

South Waziristan is the southern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11,585 km² . Waziristan comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi River to the north and the Gomal River to the south, forming...

.

Geography and climate

The geography F.R DIKhan is mostly hilly areas of Sulaiman range. All Sherani Area is totally under the eastern shadow of highest peak of takhtesulaiman. The northern side is bounded by Gomal pass.

The climate of F.R D.I. Khan from December to February is cold weather and from May to September is extremely warm weather.

See also

• Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  The Federally Administered Tribal Areas are a semi-autonomous tribal region in the northwest of Pakistan, lying between the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the neighboring country of Afghanistan. The FATA comprise seven Agencies and six FRs...
  
  
• Dera Ismail Khan District
  Dera Ismail Khan District
  Dera Ismail Khan is one of the 24 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan...
  
  

External links

• Constitutional Provisions on the Tribal Areas - Chapter 3, Part XII of the Constitution of Pakistan
• Government of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Pakistani Federal Ministry of States and Frontier Regions