Peshawar

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Peshawar is one of Pakistan’s oldest and largest cities, a historic cultural and economic hub located near the Khyber Pass in the country’s northwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
provincial capital
borderTradeRole gateway to Afghanistan
callingCode +92 91
capitalOf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
climateType semi-arid climate
country Pakistan
foundedInCentury 1st century CE
hasAncientName Purushapura
hasApproximatePopulation over 2 million
hasCricketTeam Peshawar Zalmi
hasHistoricGate Khyber Pass
surface form: Khyber Gate
hasHistoricSite Bala Hissar Fort
Gor Khatri
hasInternationalAirport Bacha Khan International Airport
hasMajorMarket Karkhano Market
Qissa Khwani Bazaar
hasMajorSport cricket
field hockey
hasMuseum Peshawar Museum
hasNotableRoad GT Road
hasUniversity Islamia College University
University of Peshawar
historicalRegion Gandhara civilization
surface form: Gandhara

Khorasan
surface form: Greater Khorasan
isCulturalCenterOf Pashtun culture
isEconomicHubFor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
isOneOf largest cities in Pakistan
oldest cities in Pakistan
isProvincialCapitalOf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
languageMajority Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
languageWidelySpoken Hindko
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
locatedInRegion northwestern Pakistan
locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
locatedNear Khyber Pass
locatedOnRiver Bara River
nearRiver Kabul River
ruledByHistorically British India
surface form: British Raj

Durrani Empire
Ghaznavid Empire
Hindu Shahi dynasty
Kushan Empire
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire

Sikh Empire
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
utcOffset +05:00
vehicleRegistrationCode Peshawar self-linksurface differs
surface form: KP-Peshawar

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasCapital Peshawar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasCity Peshawar
Hindu Kush nearbyCities Peshawar
Sikh Empire territoryIncludes Peshawar
British Indian Army garrison Peshawar
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan placeOfDeath Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) capital Peshawar
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) largestCity Peshawar
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) administrativeCenter Peshawar
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Nowshera nearbyCity Peshawar
Torkham roadConnectionTo Peshawar
Peshawar vehicleRegistrationCode Peshawar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: KP-Peshawar
Khyber Pass locatedNear Peshawar
Kohat locatedSouthOf Peshawar
Kohat connectedByRoadTo Peshawar
KPK hasCapital Peshawar
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KPK largestCity Peshawar
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP capital Peshawar
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP largestCity Peshawar
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Safed Koh nearCity Peshawar
Peshawar Division hasCapital Peshawar
Peshawar Division majorCity Peshawar
Peshawar Division includesUrbanCenter Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar metropolitan area
Kabul River flowsThrough Peshawar
Kabul River majorCityOnRiver Peshawar
Mardan locatedNear Peshawar
Charsadda locatedNear Peshawar
Khyber District nearbyCity Peshawar
Badshah Khan placeOfDeath Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar, Pakistan
Frontier Gandhi deathPlace Peshawar
Abdullah Azzam placeOfDeath Peshawar
Abdullah Azzam burialPlace Peshawar