Kurram Valley
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Kurram کرم كرمه |
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| Agency | |
 District map of FATA and NWFP - Districts of FATA are shown in orange. |
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| Country |
 Pakistan
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| Tehsils | 2 |
| Government | |
| • Political agent | Amjad Ali khan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,380 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 448,310 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Main language | Pashto (98.6%) |
Kurram (Urdu: کرم Kurram; Pashto: كرمه Kurma or Kwarma) Tribal Agency is located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Geographically, it covers the Kurram Valley (Urdu: وادی کُرم) region which is a valley in the northwestern part of Pakistan. Most of the population is Pashtun and the main religion is Islam. Major tribes living in Kurram Agency are Turi, Bangash, Orakzai, Zazai (JAJI), Mangal, Ghilzai and Para Chamkani.
Until the year 2000, when the old divisions were abolished, the Kurram District used to be part of the Peshawar Division of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
The name Kurram comes from the river Kurram (क्रुमू or Krumu in Rgvedic Sanskrit), which flows along the valley. In the north it is surrounded by snow-covered or "white" mountains, the Safed Koh, locally known in Pashto as Speen Ghar, which also forms the natural border with Afghanistan.
Kurram Agency is located in the FATA and its major tribes are Turi, Para-Chamkani, Bangash, Zazai (Jaji), Alisherzai, Alizai, Mangal, Muqbal and Masozai.
In Lower Kurram Agency, Sadda is a scenic place where tribes such as the [BANGASH tribe] reside and Sadda has natural richness depended upon hills and mountain with ever green forests and fields for growing crops like rice and wheat etc. The Kurram River drains the southern flanks of the Safed Koh mountain range, and enters the Indus plains north of Bannu. It flows west to east and crosses the Paktia Province Afghan-Pakistan border at Coordinates: 33°49′N 69°58′E / 33.817°N 69.967°E about 80 km southwest of Jalalabad, and joins the Indus near Isa Khel after a course of more than 320 km (200 mi). The district has an area of 3,310 km2 (1,280 sq mi); the population according to the 1998 census was 448,310. It lies between the Miranzai Valley. It is inhabited by the Bangash and Mangal tribes.
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