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.- Pass with an elevation of 2,596 metres (8,517 feet)
- 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”“کوز گوی”
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Latitude
33.96883° or 33° 58′ 8″ north
Longitude
69.87309° or 69° 52′ 23″ east
Open location code
8J5FXV9F+G6
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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”
- Persian: “گردنه پیوار”
- Russian: “Пейвар-Котал”
- Swedish: “Peiwar Kotal (bergspass i Afghanistan)”
- Swedish: “Peiwar Kotal”
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