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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GT Road followsRouteThrough Peshawar
subject surface form: Grand Trunk Road
Jamrud locatedNear Peshawar
Peshawar main campus city Peshawar
Department of Electrical Engineering city Peshawar
subject surface form: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
Department of Mechanical Engineering city Peshawar
subject surface form: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
Department of Computer Systems Engineering city Peshawar
subject surface form: Department of Computer Systems Engineering, UET Peshawar
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology city Peshawar
subject surface form: Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, UET Peshawar
Department of Industrial Engineering city Peshawar
subject surface form: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
Department of Mining Engineering locatedIn Peshawar
subject surface form: Department of Mining Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
Hindkowans concentratedAround Peshawar
provincial civil service of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa basedIn Peshawar
subject surface form: Provincial Civil Service of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences locatedIn Peshawar
subject surface form: Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar
Faculty of Management and Information Sciences locatedIn Peshawar
subject surface form: Faculty of Management and Information Sciences, University of Peshawar
Institute of Management Studies locatedIn Peshawar
subject surface form: Institute of Management Studies, University of Peshawar
Institute of Education and Research city Peshawar
subject surface form: Institute of Education and Research, University of Peshawar