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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western Pakistan hasMajorCity Peshawar
subject surface form: Western Pakistan
PKT usedInProvincialCapital Peshawar
Attock nearbyMajorCity Peshawar
National Highway N-5 connects Peshawar
Hindko spokenInCity Peshawar
Raj Kapoor placeOfBirth Peshawar
Peshawar Valley hasCapital Peshawar
Peshawar Valley majorCity Peshawar
Pakistan Army cantonment roadAccessFrom Peshawar
subject surface form: Pakistan Army cantonment, Nowshera
Landi Kotal locatedNear Peshawar
Landi Kotal roadDistanceTo Peshawar
Pakistani people majorCity Peshawar
Purushapura modernName Peshawar
Purushapura predecessorOf Peshawar
Purushapura hasModernEquivalent Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar, Pakistan
Bacha Khan International Airport location Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Bacha Khan International Airport locatedInMetropolitanArea Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar metropolitan area
Qissa Khwani Bazaar locatedIn Peshawar
Qissa Khwani Bazaar locatedInOldCity Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar Old City
Karkhano Market locatedIn Peshawar
Karkhano Market regionServed Peshawar
Karkhano Market partOf Peshawar
this entity surface form: Peshawar metropolitan area
Peshawar Zalmi represents Peshawar
Peshawar Zalmi homeCity Peshawar
Bala Hissar Fort locatedIn Peshawar
Bala Hissar Fort city Peshawar
Bala Hissar Fort overlooks Peshawar
this entity surface form: old city of Peshawar
Gor Khatri location Peshawar
Gor Khatri city Peshawar
Peshawar Museum locatedIn Peshawar