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Kurram ((ウルドゥー語:کرم) ''Kurram''; (パシュトー語:كرمه) ''Kurma'' or ''Kwarma'') Tribal Agency is located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Geographically, it covers the Kurram Valley ((ウルドゥー語:وادی کُرم)) region which is a valley in the northwestern part of Pakistan.〔(The Kurram Valley ).〕 Most of the population is Pashtun and the main religion is Islam. Major tribes living in Kurram Agency are Turi, Bangash, Orakzai, Zazai (JAJI), Mangal, Ghilzai and Para Tsamkani. Until the year 2000, when the old divisions were abolished, the Kurram District used to be part of the Peshawar Division of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. thumbnail ==Description== The name Kurram comes from the river Kurram (क्रुमू or ''Krumu'' in Rgvedic Sanskrit), which flows along the valley. In the north it is surrounded by snow-covered or "white" mountains, the Safed Koh, locally known in Pashto as ''Speen Ghar'', which also forms the natural border with Afghanistan. Kurram Agency is located in the FATA and its major tribes are Turi, Para-Chamkani, Bangash, Zazai (Jaji), Orakzai, Alisherzai, Alizai, Mangal, Muqbal and Masozai. In Lower Kurram Agency, SADA is a scenic place where tribes such as the (tribe ) and SADA have natural richness depended upon hills and mountain with ever green forests and fields for growing crops like rice and wheat etc. The Kurram River drains the southern flanks of the Safed Koh mountain range, and enters the Indus plains north of Bannu. It flows west to east and crosses the Paktia Province Afghan-Pakistan border at about 80 km southwest of Jalalabad, and joins the Indus near Isa Khel after a course of more than . The district has an area of ; the population according to the 1998 census was 448,310.〔(Population (FATA, 1998) - Fata.gov.pk )〕 It lies between the Miranzai Valley. It is inhabited by the Bangash and Mangal tribes. thumbnail 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurram Valley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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