Barang Tehsil: History
Barang Subdivision was a part of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas until the region was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 31, 2018. It was a tehsil before the FATA Interim Governance Regulation, 2018 was signed by President Mamnoon Hussain. It was upgraded to a subdivision at the time FATA was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.