Bara (; ) is a town located in

Bara Tehsil Bara Tehsil () is a subdivision located in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Geography Adjacent administrative units *Nazyan District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (north) * Landi Kotal Tehsil (north) *Jamrud Tehsil (northeast ...

in the

Khyber District Khyber District (, ) is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. With the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

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. Kohat is located to the south while Peshawar is located to the north of Bara.

Overview

Bara is also the name of the local administrative division of

in the

Khyber Agency Khyber District (, ) is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. With the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in ...

within the

of Pakistan, of which Bara Town is the administrative seat. The

Bara River Bara River (; ) is a river in Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The Bara River originates in the Tirah Valley of Bara Tehsil, Khyber district. It joins the Kabul River Canal which originates from the Warsak Dam, and r ...

flows through the town. The town has a fort built by British Raj and supplied water to Peshawar. The town is ethnically

Pashtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghan (ethnon ...

, and has been the site of increasing militancy by

Lashkar-e-Islam Lashkar-e-Islam (, abbr. LI or LeI), also written as Laskhar-i-Islam, is a Deobandi jihadist militant group operating in Khyber District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan and the neighboring Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. LeI was fo ...

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Location

The approximate location is 33° 55′ N latitude, 71° 27′ longitude. The mud fort is visible on Google Earth at 33° 54' 53" by 71° 28' 05", lying alongside a water tank and the

which eventually flows to the East of Peshawar.

Incidents

* 2023 Bara explosion

Notable people

Javed Afridi Muhammad Javed Afridi (Urdu, ; born 14 August 1985) is an Emirati businessman. Business Interests He is best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan and owner of MG Motors Pakistan. Afridi is also Chairman of the cricket franchise Peshawar Za ...

, Pakistani Business executive and entrepreneur best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan. *

Shahid Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (, ; born 1 March 197is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder, Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman. Afridi made ...

, Pakistani international cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. *

Ayub Afridi (drug lord) Ayub Afridi (, ; – 24 November 2009) was a Pakistani drug smuggler and tribal politician. He is considered to be the primary founder of the widespread drug trade (particularly heroin) in Afghanistan. There are a variety of speculations th ...

, Pakistani politician and drug smuggler. * Ayub Afridi (politician), Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018. * Shams Afridi, Finance Manager at Peshawar Zalmi & Haier Pakistan. *

Zarif Khan Zarif Khan (also known as Hot Tamale Louie; born 1887 -died 1964) was a Pakistani American restaurant owner and investor. Khan operated a restaurant, Louie's in Sheridan, Wyoming, which served tamales, hamburgers, and other dishes. Khan was appr ...

, Pashtun American restaurant owner and investor. * Rehmat Shah Afridi, opened the first English newspaper established from KPK

References

Populated places in Khyber District {{Khyber-geo-stub