{{Short description|Town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Bara | native_name = {{Nastaliq|باړه}} | 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 | image_skyline = Bara Khyber agency Logo.jpg | image_caption = Logo of Bara Khyber | image_map = FATA Dist Khayber.svg | mapsize = 100px | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|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 = {{coord|33|54|53|N|71|28|05|E|type:city_source:kolossus-plwiki|display=title}} | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | timezone = Pakistan Standard Time | utc_offset = +05:00 | government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/12/kps-new-lg-system-structure-powers-and-voting-process/|title=KP's new LG system: structure, powers, and voting process|date=17 December 2021|access-date=18 January 2022|work=SAMAA TV}}</ref> | government_type = Tehsil-council | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Muhammad Kafeel<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/election/kp-localbodies2021/council/2012/TCB|title=Tehsil Council Bara - KPK Local Body Election Result 2021|access-date=18 January 2022|work=Geo News}}</ref> | leader_party = JUI-F }} '''Bara''' ({{langx|ps|باړه}}; {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|باڑہ}}}}) is a town located in Bara Tehsil in the Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Kohat is located to the south while Peshawar is located to the north of Bara.
== Overview == 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.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Handbook of the Punjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh|author1=John Murray (Firm)|author2=Eastwick, E.B.|date=1883|publisher=J. Murray|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IMMzAAAAMAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IMMzAAAAMAAJ/page/n293 278]|access-date=2014-11-16}}</ref> The town is ethnically Pashtuns, and has been the site of increasing militancy by Lashkar-e-Islam against the central government.<ref name="thaindian">{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/10-killed-in-pakistan-as-teen-bomber-blows-himself_10043952.html|title=10 killed in Pakistan as teen bomber blows himself - Thaindian News|publisher=thaindian.com|accessdate=2014-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page%3D2008 |accessdate=September 23, 2012 |title=Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, Lifestyle }}\06\30\story_30-6-2008_pg7_32</ref>
== Location == The approximate location is 33° 55′ N latitude, 71° 27′ longitude.<ref name="maplandia">{{cite web|url=http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/n-w-f-p/peshawar/bara-tehsil/|title=Bara Tehsil Map | Pakistan Google Satellite Maps|publisher=maplandia.com|accessdate=2014-11-16}}</ref> 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.
==Incidents== * 2023 Bara explosion
==Notable people==
*Javed Afridi, Pakistani Business executive and entrepreneur best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan. *Shahid Afridi, Pakistani international cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. *Ayub Afridi (drug lord), Pakistani politician and drug smuggler. *Ayub Afridi (politician), Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018. *Shams Afridi, Finance Manager at Peshawar Zalmi & Haier Pakistan. *Zarif Khan, Pashtun American restaurant owner and investor. *Rehmat Shah Afridi, opened the first English newspaper established from KPK
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