North Waziristan District (Pashto: شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ‎, Urdu: ضِلع شمالي وزیرستان‎) is a district in Bannu Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.[3][4][5] It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering 4,707 square kilometres (1,817 sq mi). The capital city of North Waziristan is Miranshah.