Bangash
بنګښ | |
|---|---|
Illustration of a Bangash tribesman, 1847 | |
| Total population | |
| ~ 840,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Pakistan | ~800,000 |
| Afghanistan | ~40,000 |
| Languages | |
| Pashto | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Afridi · Orakzai · Bannuzai · Wazir · Mehsud and other Karlani Pashtun tribes | |
The Bangash, Bungish, Bangaš or Bangakh (Pashto: بنګښ) are a tribe of Pashtuns, inhabiting their traditional homeland, the Bangash district which stretches from Kohat to Tall in Hangu and Spīn Ghar, Kurram in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. They also live as a smaller population in Dera Ismail Khel, Bannu while also a smaller population of Bangash inhabit mainly Gardez, Paktia and around the Lōya Paktia region of Afghanistan.