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The Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) are administrative subdivisions in the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan.

According to article 246(b) of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, the following areas are PATA:

• Chitral District
• Dir District
• Swat District (including Kalam)
• The Tribal Area in Kohistan District
• Malakand District
• The Tribal Area adjoining (Batagram, Allai and Black Mountain of Hazara),Mansehra District.
• The former state of Amb.

• Zhob District
• Loralai District (excluding Duki Tehsil)
• Dalbandin Tehsil of Chagai District
• Marri Tribal Territory in Sibi District
• Bugti Tribal Territory in Sibi District

• Federally Administered Tribal Areas