Khyber District

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administrative district district

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

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Khyber Agency 2
Khyber region 1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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

Referenced by (7)

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subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
this entity surface form: Khyber Agency
Peshawar Division → containsDistrict → Khyber District ⓘ
Khyber District → formerName → Khyber District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khyber Agency
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → hasRegion → Khyber District ⓘ
Khyber Pass → locatedIn → Khyber District ⓘ
Torkham → locatedIn → Khyber District ⓘ
Safed Koh → locatedNear → Khyber District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khyber region