Nowshera

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city populated place

Nowshera is a city in northern Pakistan known as an important commercial and military center in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nowshera District 2
Nowshera Tehsil 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
administrativeDivision Nowshera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nowshera Tehsil
administrativeStatus district headquarters of Nowshera District ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
distanceFrom Peshawar approximately 40 km east ⓘ
governingBody Nowshera Municipal Committee ⓘ
hasBridge Kabul River road bridges ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Government Post Graduate College Nowshera ⓘ
Nowshera Medical College ⓘ
hasMilitaryInstallation Armoured Corps Centre (Pakistan Army) ⓘ
Pakistan Army cantonment ⓘ
School of Artillery (Pakistan Army) ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure Grand Trunk Road ⓘ
Nowshera railway station ⓘ
historicalSignificance strategic location on traditional invasion and trade routes to Peshawar Valley ⓘ
language Hindko ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
northern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOn Kabul River ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity services ⓘ
small-scale industry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
nearbyCity Charsadda ⓘ
Mardan ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ
partOf Nowshera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nowshera District
postalCodeType postal code ⓘ
province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
region Peshawar Valley ⓘ
religion Islam (majority) ⓘ
river Kabul River ⓘ
roadConnection connected to Islamabad via M-1 Motorway (through nearby interchanges) ⓘ
role commercial center ⓘ
military center ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nowshera → administrativeDivision → Nowshera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowshera Tehsil
this entity surface form: Nowshera District
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → hasCity → Nowshera ⓘ
KPK → hasMajorCity → Nowshera ⓘ
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Charsadda → nearbyCity → Nowshera ⓘ
Nowshera → partOf → Nowshera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowshera District
Kabul River → passesNear → Nowshera ⓘ