Bara | |
Native Name: | |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Parts Style: | para |
Parts Type: | Tehsils |
Postal Code: | 24801 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 100px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Khyber |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Bara |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Info Sec1: | Pashto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Main language(s) |
Established Date: | 1873 |
Established Title: | Established |
Coordinates: | 33.9147°N 71.4681°W |
Timezone: | MST |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Tehsil-council |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Muhammad Kafeel[2] |
Leader Party: | JUI-F |
Bara (Pushto; Pashto: باړه; Urdu: {{Nastaliq|باڑہ) is a town located in Bara Tehsil in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Kohat is located to the south while Peshawar is located to the north of Bara.
Bara is also the name of the local administrative division of Bara Tehsil in the Khyber Agency within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, of which Bara Town is the administrative seat. The Bara River flows through the town. The town has a fort built by British Raj and supplied water to Peshawar.[3] The town is ethnically Pashtuns, and has been the site of increasing militancy by Lashkar-e-Islam against the central government.[4] [5]
The approximate location is 33° 55′ N latitude, 71° 27′ longitude.[6] The mud fort is visible on Google Earth at 33° 54' 53" by 71° 28' 05", lying alongside a water tank and the Bara River which eventually flows to the East of Peshawar.