Kurram District

Kurram District is a district of in the province of . The name Kurram comes from the river Kwarma in Pashto, which itself derives from the Sanskrit word Krumu.
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  • Type: agency of Pakistan with 615,000 residents
  • Description: district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Also known as: Kurram Valley district
  • Historically known as: Kurram Agency

Kurram District

Latitude
33.7102° or 33° 42′ 37″ north
Longitude
70.3401° or 70° 20′ 24″ east
Population
615,000
Elevation
1,197 metres (3,927 feet)
Open location code
8J5GP86R+32
Geo­Names ID
1172574
Wiki­data ID
Q2378590
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Kurram District” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: কুররাম জেলা
  • Catalan: Agència de Kurram
  • Catalan: Vall de Kurram
  • Cebuano: Kurram Agency
  • Chinese: 古勒姆特区
  • Chinese: 古勒姆特區
  • Dutch: Kurram
  • Esperanto: Valo Kuram
  • French: Agence de Kurram
  • French: District de Kurram
  • German: Kurram
  • Hindi: कुर्रम एजंसी
  • Hindi: कुर्रम एजेंसी
  • Hindi: कुर्रम एजैंसी
  • Hindi: कुर्रम वादी
  • Hindi: कुर्रम
  • Indonesian: Distrik Kurram
  • Japanese: クッラム県
  • Japanese: クッラム管区
  • Malay: Lembah Kurram
  • Malay: Sungai Kurram
  • Malayalam: കുറ്രം വാലി
  • Persian: کورم، پاکستان
  • Persian: ناحیه کرم
  • Polish: Agencja Kurram
  • Pushto: کورم ولسوالۍ
  • Pushto: کورمہ ولسوالۍ
  • Russian: Куррам
  • Sindhi: ڪرم ايجنسي
  • Sindhi: ڪرم ضلعو
  • Slovenian: Kurram
  • Swedish: Kuram
  • Tajik: Куррам
  • Tamil: குர்ரம் மாவட்டம்
  • Turkish: Kurram Ajansı
  • Turkish: Kurram
  • Ukrainian: Куррам
  • Urdu: ضلع کرم
  • Urdu: ضِلع کرم
  • Urdu: وادی کرم
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع کرم

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