Lower South Waziristan ضلع زیریں جنوبی وزیرستان ښکته جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Lower South Waziristan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Dera Ismail Khan
Established	13 April 2022
Founded by	PTI Government
Headquarters	Wana
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Mohammad Nasir Khan (BPS-18 PCS)
• District Police Officer	Farmanullah Khan (BPS-18 PSP)
• Mayor	N/A
Area
• Total	3,805 km2 (1,469 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	307,851
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	4
languages	Hindko • Pashto • Urdu

Lower South Waziristan District (Urdu: ضلع زیریں جنوبی وزیرستان; Pashto: ښکته جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is adistrict located in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Lower South Waziristan District was created in April 2022 after the South Waziristan District was bifurcated into Lower South Waziristan and Upper South Waziristan.^[2] Wana city serves as its capital and district headquarters.^[3][4][5]

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, the area that would become Lower South Waziristan district had 28,938 households and a population of 307,851. The entire population was rural. Lower South Waziristan had a sex ratio of 887 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 29.27% - 42.49% for males and 14.06% for females. 115,795 (37.61%) were under 10 years of age. 252 (0.08%) were from religious minorities. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 97.82% of the population.^[1]

Administration

The district is divided into the following four tehsils:

• Wana (Urdu: تحصیل وانا)(Pashto: واڼه تحصیل‎)
• Toi Khullah (Urdu: تحصیل توئی خلہ)(Pashto: توي خولا تحصیل‎)
• Birmil (Urdu: تحصیل برمل)(Pashto: برمل تحصیل‎)

See also

• Upper South Waziristan District

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