Drazanda Tehsil

Drazanda Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The subdivision borders South Waziristan to the north, Dera Ghazi Khan and Musa Khel to the south and Zhob to the west.

Drazanda Tehsil
تحصیل درازندہ
درازنده تحصیل
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
سرحدی علاقہ ڈیره اسماعیل خان
دېره اسماعيل خان سرحدي سیمه
Tehsil
Location of Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictDera Ismail Khan District
HeadquartersDrazanda
Area
  Total2,008 km2 (775 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
  Total68,556
  Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)

The capital is the town of Drazanda.

Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan. The region was named after Dera Ismail Khan District which lied to the east.


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