Bara ( ps, باړه; ur, ) is a town located in

Bara Tehsil Bara Tehsil ( ur, ) 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 (nort ...

in Khyber Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. 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 ( ps, خېبر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; with the merger of FATA with Khyber Pak ...

within the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

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

Bara River Bara River ( ps, باړه سیند; ur, دریائے باڑہ ) is a river in Khyber Agency and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Bara River originates in the Tirah Valley of Bara Tehsil, Khyber Agency. It joins the Kabul River Canal which or ...

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

Pashtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically r ...

, and has been the site of increasing militancy by

Lashkar-e-Islam Lashkar-e-Islam ( ur, لشكرِ اسلام), (''LI'' or ''LeI'') literally ''Army of Islam'' also transliterated as Lashkar-e-Islami, Lashkar-i-Islam) is a militant terrorist organization active in and around Khyber Agency, Federally Administe ...

against the central government.\06\30\story_30-6-2008_pg7_32

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.

Notable people

Javed Afridi Muhammad Javed Afridi (Urdu, ps, محمد جاويد افريدی ; born 14 August 1985) is a Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur. Business Interests He is best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan and owner of MG Motors Pakistan. ...

, Pakistani Business executive and entrepreneur best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan. * Shahid Afridi, Pakistani international cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. * Ayub Afridi (drug lord), Pakistani politician and drug smuggler. *

Ayub Afridi (politician) Muhammad Ayub Afridi is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 to December 2021. Political career Afridi was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on gener ...

, 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, Pashtun American restaurant owner and investor.

References

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