Khyber District

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Khyber District is an administrative district in northwestern Pakistan, strategically located along the historic Khyber Pass near the Afghan border.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Khyber District canonical 20
Khyber Agency 5
Khyber District administration 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeCenter Landi Kotal
administrativeStatusChange upgraded from tribal agency to district
borderCrossing Torkham
borders Afghanistan
borderType international border
borderWith Kurram District
Mohmand Agency
surface form: Mohmand District

Nangarhar Province
Orakzai Agency
surface form: Orakzai District

Peshawar District
country Pakistan
formerName Khyber District self-linksurface differs
surface form: Khyber Agency
governedBy Deputy Commissioner
hasCheckpost Torkham
surface form: Torkham border crossing
hasFort Ali Masjid Fort
Jamrud Fort
hasStrategicLocation Khyber Pass
hasTown Bara
Jamrud
Landi Kotal
hasTribalAreas Tirah region
hasValley Bara Valley
Tirah Valley
historicalRegion Khyber Pass
surface form: Khyber Pass region
historicalRoute Silk Road routes
surface form: Silk Road corridor
knownFor Khyber Pass
cross-border trade
strategic military routes
lawEnforcement Khyber District Police
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
northwestern Pakistan
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns
majorLanguage Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
mergedIntoProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
mergerYear 2018
nearbyCity Peshawar
partOf Peshawar Division
religionMajority Islam
securityStatus sensitive border area
strategicImportance military significance due to Khyber Pass
trade route between Central Asia and South Asia
terrain mountainous
valleys
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
traversedBy Khyber Pass
utcOffset +05:00
wasPartOf Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasRegion Khyber District
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) composedOf Khyber District
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
this entity surface form: Khyber Agency
Torkham locatedIn Khyber District
Khyber Pass locatedIn Khyber District
Safed Koh locatedNear Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber region
Peshawar Division containsDistrict Khyber District
Khyber District formerName Khyber District self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Khyber Agency
Karlani hasRegion Khyber District
Mohmand Agency sharesBorderWith Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber Agency
Orakzai Agency borderedBy Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber Agency
Kurram Agency bordersRegion Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber Agency
Landi Kotal partOf Khyber District
Landi Kotal governedBy Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber District administration
Jamrud governingBody Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber District administration
Peshawar–Jalalabad road regionServed Khyber District
Kohat District borders Khyber District
Bara partOf Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber tribal area (historical)
Bara governedBy Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber District administration
Khyber District Police jurisdiction Khyber District
Ali Masjid Fort region Khyber District
Tirah region partOf Khyber District
Bara Valley governedBy Khyber District
this entity surface form: Khyber District administration
Jamrud Fort locatedIn Khyber District
Tirah partOf Khyber District
Peshawar District borderedBy Khyber District