Peiwar Pass
The Peiwar Kotal Pass, also spelled Paywar, is a mountain pass in the Kurram Valley that connects Paktia Province in Afghanistan to Kurram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 2,611 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Kūz Gaway”, “Kuz-Gavay”, “Paiwar Pass”, “Pereval Peyvarkotal”, “Pēwār Kandaw”, “Pēwāṟ Kanḏow”, “Peyvār”, “Peywāṟ Kanḏaw”, “Piparkandav”, “Piwār Kandaw”, “Pīwāṟ Kanḏow”, “پیواړ کنډو”, and “کوز گوی”
Peiwar Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Zazi District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Peiwar Pass” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ممر بيوار”
- Cebuano: “Peiwar Kotal”
- Chinese: “佩瓦山口”
- Dutch: “Peiwar Pass”
- German: “Peiwar-Pass”
- Italian: “passo di Peiwar Kotal”
- Italian: “Passo di Peiwar Kotal”
- Persian: “گردنه پیوار”
- Russian: “Пейвар-Котал”
- Swedish: “Peiwar Kotal (bergspass i Afghanistan)”
- Swedish: “Peiwar Kotal”
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