Buner District

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Buner ( _ur. بونیر) is a district of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

History

The Buner Valley lies on the Peshawar valley border of the North-West Frontier Province of modern day Pakistan. It is a small mountain valley, dotted with villages and divided into seven sub-divisions. The Mora Hills and the Ilam range divide it from Swat, the Sinawar range from Yusafzai, the Guru mountains from the Chamla valley, and the Duma range from the Puran Valley.Until the year 2000 it was a part of Malakand Division - until this district was abolished.

Tribes

The majority of the population are Pashtun of the Yousafzai tribe - their language being Pashto, other tribes include the Sayyed.

Administration

The district is divided into two tehsils, these are: [ [http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list_tehsil.html List of Tehsils] ]

*Bunner
*Daggar

Constituencies

The district has three constituencies in the provincial assembly, these are: [ [http://www.panwfp.gov.pk/index.php/members/bydistrict/en/9/65 Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP] ] . Following the elections of 2008 the Awami National Party won all three seats: [ [http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-18 PF-78 (Buner-II)] ]

Villages

There is a village named Pir Baba. It is a green valley, surrounded by high and green mountains. The famous two mountains are, Elum Ghar and Dua Saray Ghar. This is the land of many great saints. Pir Baba, Dewanababa and Shalbandi Baba are the famous among the locals and outsiders.Kinger Gali is the last boarder of district buner which shires bouder with Mardan and Malakand Agency.

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