Peshawar

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city provincial capital

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.

Aliases (3)

KP-Peshawar ×1
Peshawar metropolitan area ×1
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan ×1

Statements (49)

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 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 → Greater Khorasan →
isCulturalCenterOf	Pashtun culture →
isEconomicHubFor	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa →
isOneOf	largest cities in Pakistan → oldest cities in Pakistan →
isProvincialCapitalOf	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa →
languageMajority	Pashto →
languageWidelySpoken	Hindko → Urdu →
locatedIn	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa →
locatedInRegion	northwestern Pakistan →
locatedInValley	Peshawar Valley →
locatedNear	Khyber Pass →
locatedOnRiver	Bara River NERFINISHED →
nearRiver	Kabul River →
ruledByHistorically	British Raj → Durrani Empire → Ghaznavid Empire → Hindu Shahi dynasty → Kushan Empire → Mughal Empire → Sikh Empire →
timeZone	Pakistan Standard Time →
utcOffset	+05:00 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	KP-Peshawar →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federally Administered Tribal Areas → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa →	largestCity
Federally Administered Tribal Areas → Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa →	capital
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Peshawar Division →	hasCapital
Federally Administered Tribal Areas →	administrativeCenter
University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar →	city
Kohat →	connectedByRoadTo
Kabul River →	flowsThrough
British Indian Army →	garrison
Peshawar Division →	hasAdministrativeCenter
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa →	hasCity
Peshawar Division ("Peshawar metropolitan area") →	includesUrbanCenter
University of Peshawar →	locatedIn
Khyber Pass →	locatedNear
Kohat →	locatedSouthOf
Peshawar Division →	majorCity
Indus River basin →	majorCityOnBasin
Kabul River →	majorCityOnRiver
Hindu Kush →	nearbyCities
Nowshera →	nearbyCity
Safed Koh →	nearCity
Pakistan Standard Time →	observedInCity
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ("Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan") →	placeOfDeath
Torkham →	roadConnectionTo
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa →	seatOfGovernment
Sikh Empire →	territoryIncludes
Maharaja Ranjit Singh →	territoryRuled
Peshawar ("KP-Peshawar") →	vehicleRegistrationCode