Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a mountainous province in northwestern Pakistan known for its strategic location along the Afghan border, diverse ethnic Pashtun culture, and significant role in the region’s history and security.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative unit
province
abbreviation KP
KPK
borders Afghanistan
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
surface form: Balochistan (Pakistan)

Gilgit-Baltistan
Islamabad
surface form: Islamabad Capital Territory

Punjab
surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)
country Pakistan
governingBody Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
hasBorderCrossing Torkham
hasCapital Peshawar
hasCity Abbottabad
Bannu
Charsadda
Dera Ismail Khan
Haripur
Kohat
Mansehra
Mardan
Mingora
Nowshera
Peshawar
Swabi
Swat
hasCulturalGroup Kalash people
hasCulturalHeritage Pashtunwali code of conduct
hasMountainRange Himalayas
Hindu Kush
Kohistan ranges
hasPass Khyber Pass
Lowari Pass
hasRegion Bannu Division
Chitral District
surface form: Chitral

Dera Ismail Khan
surface form: Dera Ismail Khan Division

Hazara Division
Khyber District
Kohat Division
Malakand Division
surface form: Malakand

Malakand Division
Mardan Division
Peshawar Division
Swat Valley
hasRiver Indus River
Kabul River
hasTouristAttraction Kaghan Valley
Kalash Valleys
Kumrat Valley
Malam Jabba
Naran
Swat Valley
hasUniversity Gomal University
University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
University of Peshawar
headOfGovernmentTitle Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
headOfStateRepresentativeTitle Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
surface form: Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
largestCity Peshawar
legislature Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
locatedIn northwestern Pakistan
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns
majorLanguage Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
officialLanguage Urdu
partOf Pakistan
surface form: federation of Pakistan
playsRoleIn Afghan–Pakistan relations
regional security of Pakistan
religionMajority Islam
renamedInYear 2010
strategicLocation along the Afghan border
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
utcOffset +5
wasPreviouslyKnownAs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa self-linksurface differs
surface form: North-West Frontier Province

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National Accountability Bureau hasOffice Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Swat District locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Swat District hasProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Karlani hasRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Abbottabad Campus regionServed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Attock locatedNear Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Gujar communities associatedRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
National Highway N-5 passesThrough Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
N-95 (Swat) highway locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
subject surface form: N-95 (Swat) Highway
western tragopan occursIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Hindko region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pothwari spokenIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pahari-Potohari spokenIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kunhar River locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pashtunwali code of conduct culturalRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
subject surface form: Pashtunwali
Yidgha spokenIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Zhob River locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Frontier Crimes Regulations appliedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Bajaur Agency mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mohmand Agency mergerInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Frontier Regions partOf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region
Frontier Regions successorAdministrativeUnit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Shamshad TV regionServed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Shahadat newspaper distributionRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language spokenIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Orakzai Agency locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Orakzai Agency mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kurram Agency locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region (post-FATA merger)
North Waziristan Agency mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Paktika Province borders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
South Waziristan Agency mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kunar Province hasBorderingRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ghulam Khan locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Angur Ada hasBorderCrossingWith Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pashtunistan hasPart Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Upper Dir District partOf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Bumburet Valley locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rumbur Valley locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Chitral Gol National Park locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Shandur Polo Festival spectatorsFrom Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Birir Valley locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Tareen tribe locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Raj Kapoor placeOfBirth Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Peshawar Valley locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan Army cantonment locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
subject surface form: Pakistan Army cantonment, Nowshera