Bara Valley

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Bara Valley is a mountainous valley region in Pakistan’s Khyber District, known for its strategic location near the Afghan border and its predominantly Pashtun population.

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Bara Valley canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf valley
administrativeCenter Bara town
linked to: Bara
border Afghanistan
borderingRegion Peshawar Valley
Tirah Valley
climate semi-arid
connectedTo Peshawar District
country Pakistan
crossBorderLinkages tribal ties with Afghan Pashtuns
culturalRegion Pashtun belt
linked to: Pashtunistan
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Pashtun population
economicActivity agriculture
cross-border trade
livestock rearing
ethnicGroup Pashtuns
geographicalFeature narrow valley floor
surrounding hills
governedBy Khyber District administration
linked to: Khyber District
hasRiver Bara River NERFINISHED
hasRoadConnection Peshawar–Bara road
hasSettlement Bara
hasTribalSystem Pashtunwali
historicalUse military transit route
trade route corridor
inhabitedBy tribal communities
languageSpoken Pashto
linked to: Pashto language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber District
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
locatedInMountainRange Spin Ghar region
locatedInRegion northwestern Pakistan
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedWestOf Peshawar
majorEthnicGroup Afridi tribe
near Afghan border
partOf Khyber Pass region
linked to: Khyber region
populationMajority rural
religion Sunni Islam
securityForcesPresence Frontier Corps
Pakistan Army
securityStatus sensitive border region
strategicImportance location near Pakistan–Afghanistan border
proximity to Khyber Pass
strategicRole gateway between Peshawar and Tirah regions
terrainFeature mountainous valley
tribalAgencyHistory former Khyber Agency

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Khyber District hasValley Bara Valley
Tirah hasValley Bara Valley