Upper South Waziristan District

Upper South Waziristan District (پورتنۍ جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is a district located in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Upper South Waziristan District was established on 13 April 2022 when the South Waziristan District was bifurcated into Lower South Waziristan and Upper South Waziristan. Spinkai ragzai region was declared as its capital.

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, the area that would become the Upper South Waziristan district had 50,745 households and a population of 367,364, entirely rural. Upper South Waziristan had a sex ratio of 908 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 38.65% - 57.01% for males and 18.58% for females. 129,568 (37.61%) were under 10 years of age. 110 (0.03%) were from religious minorities. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 95.48% of the population. 3.21% of the population spoke 'Other' languages, most likely Ormuri.

Administration
The district is divided into the following tehsils:


 * Makin Tehsil
 * Ladha Tehsil
 * Serwekai Tehsil
 * Tiarza Tehsil