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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, borders the rest of Pakistan to the south and east, central to the west, and the to the north. The region has a varied landscape including rugged mountains, valleys, hills and dense agricultural farms.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Peshawar and Khyber Pass.

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is a relatively prosperous frontier city in near the Pakistan-Afghan border, which gives it a distinct flavour. is the capital and largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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The is the main route between and . The pass is entirely within Pakistan. The nearest major cities on the route that goes over the pass are in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, with Torkham as border crossing point.

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is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of , north of on the Karakoram Highway. The town is at an altitude of 1250 m and gets quite a lot of Pakistani tourism, mainly people escaping the hot season in nearby , or .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Swat and Mardan.

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The Valley is a charming valley in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, , which is a popular tour destination. During the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in the 1960s, she called it "Switzerland of the East".

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Mardān is a city in the of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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is a city in the of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, . Located on the , it is the 3rd largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the 26th largest in Pakistan.

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is a city situated on the River in the northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of . It serves as the capital of the Lower District, and was previously the capital of , and before that the capital of princely state.

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is a town and headquarters of , in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, lies about 29 kilometres from the provincial capital of at an altitude of 276 metres.

is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of . It is the largest city and namesake of and the third-largest city in , after and .

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is a well-developed resort complex and a popular picnic spot in District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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is a town in Hazara Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is situated in North of Islamabad at a distance of 110 KM on Silk route, 12 KM short of , lying at the foot hills of Himalayas.

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is a popular tourist resort in the Kaghan Valley of near the Saif-ul-Malook Lake. It is also an excellent trekking destination.

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The are valleys in in northern . The valleys are surrounded by the mountain range. The inhabitants of the valley are the Kalash people, who have their own culture and language, and follow a religion similar to the Historical Vedic religion.

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is a beautiful isolated village in the foothills of Himalayas, about 18 miles north-east of .
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Latitude of center
34.5° or 34° 30′ north
Longitude of center
72° east
Population
40,600,000
Elevation
309 metres (1,014 feet)
Abbreviation
“N.W.F.P.”
Abbreviation
“KP”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316441052
Geo­Names ID
1168873
Wiki­data ID
Q183314
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خيبر بختونخوا”
  • Armenian: “Խյբեր Փախթունխվա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hayber-Paxtunxva”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xayber-Paxtunxva”
  • Balinese: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Basque: “Ipar-Mendebaldeko Muga Probintzia”
  • Basque: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Belarusian: “Хайбер-Пахтунхва”
  • Belarusian: “Хайбэр-Пахтунхва”
  • Bengali: “খাইবার পাখতুনখোয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “खैबर पख्तूनख्वा”
  • Bhojpuri: “ख़ैबर पख़्तूनख़्वा”
  • Bhojpuri: “ख़ैबर-पख़्तूनख़्वा”
  • Bhojpuri: “फ्रंटियर”
  • Bhojpuri: “सरहद”
  • Bhojpuri: “सरहदी सूबा”
  • Bulgarian: “Северозападна погранична провинция”
  • Bulgarian: “Хайбер Пахтунхва”
  • Catalan: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province”
  • Catalan: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Catalan: “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Catalan: “Província de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Cebuano: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province”
  • Chinese: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Séng”
  • Chinese: “巴基斯坦开普省”
  • Chinese: “开伯尔-普什图省”
  • Chinese: “开伯尔-普什图赫瓦省”
  • Chinese: “开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省”
  • Chinese: “开伯尔普赫图赫瓦省”
  • Chinese: “开普省”
  • Chinese: “西北边境省”
  • Chinese: “西北边省”
  • Chinese: “西北邊境省”
  • Chinese: “開伯爾-普什圖省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Hayber Pahtunhva”
  • Croatian: “Hajber Pahtunva”
  • Czech: “Chajbar Paštúnchwá”
  • Czech: “Severozápadní pohraniční provincie”
  • Danish: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xeyber Paxtunxwa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xeyber Pextunxwa”
  • Dutch: “Afghania”
  • Dutch: “Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa”
  • Dutch: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Dutch: “Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa”
  • Dutch: “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Dutch: “Noordwestelijke Grensprovincie van Pakistan”
  • Dutch: “Noordwestelijke Grensprovincie”
  • Dutch: “Pakhtoonkhwa”
  • Dutch: “Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خيبر باختونخوا”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥajber-Paŝtulando”
  • Estonian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provints”
  • Estonian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Estonian: “Loodepiiriprovints”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Finnish: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Finnish: “Luoteismaakunta”
  • Finnish: “Luoteisprovinssi”
  • French: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • French: “Pakistan du Nord-Ouest”
  • French: “Province de Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Galician: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Georgian: “ხაიბერ-პახტუნხვა”
  • German: “Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa”
  • German: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • German: “Khyber-Pakthunkhwa”
  • Hebrew: “ח’ייבר פח’טונח’ווה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הספר הצפון מערבי”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הספר הצפון-מערבי”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर पश्चिम सीमांत प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर पश्चिमी सीमा प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर पश्चिमी सीमांत प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “ख़ेबर पख़तुन्ख़वा”
  • Hindi: “ख़ैबर पख़्तूनख़्वा”
  • Hindi: “खैबर-पख़्तूनख्वा”
  • Hindi: “ख़ैबर-पख़्तूनख़्वा”
  • Hindi: “ख़ैबर​-पख़्तूनख़्वा”
  • Hindi: “पाकिस्तान का उत्तर पश्चिम सीमांत प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Haibar-Pahtúnhva”
  • Indonesian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Italian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Italian: “Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Italian: “Sarhad”
  • Japanese: “カイバル・パクトゥンクワ州”
  • Japanese: “北西辺境州”
  • Kashmiri: “خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Korean: “노스웨스트프런티어 주”
  • Korean: “북서 변경 주”
  • Korean: “북서변경 주”
  • Korean: “카이베르 파크툰크와 주”
  • Korean: “카이베르파크툰크와주”
  • Latvian: “Haibara Pahtūnhva”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļrietumu pierobežas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Chaiber Pachtunchva”
  • Lithuanian: “Chaiberas-Pachtunchva”
  • Lithuanian: “Chaiberis-Pachtunchva”
  • Lithuanian: “Chyber Pachtunchva”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės vakarų pasienio provincija”
  • Magahi: “उत्तर पच्छिमी सीमान्त प्रदेस”
  • Magahi: “खैबर् पख्तूङ्ख्वा”
  • Maithili: “खाइबर पख्तुनख्वा”
  • Maithili: “खैबर-पख्तुनख्वा”
  • Malay: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Malay: “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Malay: “Provinsi Perbatasan Barat Laut”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Perbatasan Barat Laut”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Sempadan Barat Laut”
  • Malayalam: “ഖൈബർ പഖ്തുൻഖ്വ”
  • Marathi: “खैबर पख्तूनख्वा”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्थवेस्ट फ्रंटियर प्रॉव्हिन्स”
  • Marathi: “वायव्य सरहद्दी प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Mingrelian: “ხაიბერ-პახტუნხვა”
  • Nepali: “खैबर पख्तुनख्वा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordvestlige Grenseprovins”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den nordvestlege grenseprovinsen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den nordvestre grenseprovinsen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nordvestlege Grenseprovins”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “North West Frontier Province”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “North-West Frontier Province”
  • Norwegian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Norwegian: “Nordvestlige Grenseprovins”
  • Ossetian: “Хайбер-Пахтунхва”
  • Panjabi: “ਖ਼ੈਬਰ ਪਖ਼ਤੁਨਖ਼ਵਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਖ਼ੈਬਰ ਪਖ਼ਤੋਨਖ਼ਵਾ”
  • Persian: “استان خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Persian: “استان شمالغربی مرزی”
  • Persian: “استان مرزی شمال غربی پاکستان”
  • Persian: “استان مرزی شمال غربی”
  • Persian: “ایالت خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Persian: “ایالت سرحد”
  • Persian: “ایالت سرحدی شمال غربی”
  • Persian: “ایالت مرزی شمال غربی پاکستان”
  • Persian: “ایالت مرزی شمال غربی”
  • Persian: “خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Polish: “Chajber Pachtunchwa”
  • Polish: “Chajber Pasztunchwa”
  • Polish: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Polish: “Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Polish: “Północno-Zachodnia Prowincja Pograniczna”
  • Portuguese: “Caiber Paquetuncuá”
  • Portuguese: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Portuguese: “Província da Fronteira Noroeste”
  • Pushto: “پښتونخوا”
  • Pushto: “خيبر پښتونخوا”
  • Pushto: “خیبر پښتونخوا”
  • Romanian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Romanian: “KP”
  • Romanian: “KPK”
  • Russian: “Северо-Западная пограничная провинция”
  • Russian: “Северо-западная приграничная провинция”
  • Russian: “Хайбер-Пахтунхва”
  • Russian: “Шархад”
  • Sanskrit: “उत्तर पश्चिम प्रदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “उत्तर-पश्चिम सीमान्त प्रदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “खैबर-पख्तूङ्ख्वा”
  • Sanskrit: “ख़ैबर् पख़्तूनख़्वा”
  • Sanskrit: “खैबर्-पख्तूङ्ख्वा”
  • Sanskrit: “खैबर्पख्तूङ्ख्वा”
  • Sanskrit: “खैबर्पख्तूङ्ख्वाप्रदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “वायव्य सीमान्त प्रदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “वायव्यप्रदेशः”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱷᱚᱭᱵᱚᱨ ᱯᱟᱠᱷᱛᱩᱱᱠᱷᱣᱟ”
  • Saraiki: “خیبرپختونخواہ”
  • Scots: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Serbian: “Hajber-Pahtunva”
  • Serbian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Serbian: “Северозападна гранична провинција”
  • Serbian: “Хајбер-Пахтунва”
  • Serbian: “Хајбер-Пахтунхва”
  • Sindhi: “خيبر پختونخوا”
  • Slovenian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Slovenian: “KP”
  • Slovenian: “KPK”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Spanish: “Afgania”
  • Spanish: “Jaiber Pajtunjua”
  • Spanish: “Jaiber Pajtunjuá”
  • Spanish: “Jaiber Pastunjua”
  • Spanish: “Jaiber Pastunjuá”
  • Spanish: “Jaibér Pastunjuá”
  • Spanish: “Jaiber Pujtunjua”
  • Spanish: “Jáiber Pujtunjua”
  • Spanish: “Jiber-Pajtunjua”
  • Spanish: “Jiber-Pajtunjuá”
  • Spanish: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Spanish: “Khyber Pukhtunkhwa”
  • Spanish: “Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Jaiber Pastunjua”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Spanish: “Pujtunjua”
  • Spanish: “Pukhtunkhwa”
  • Swedish: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Swedish: “Khyber Pukhtunkhwa”
  • Swedish: “Nordvästra gränsprovinsen”
  • Swedish: “Nordvästra gränsprovinserna”
  • Tajik: “Хайбар Паштунчво”
  • Tajik: “Хайбер-Пахтунхва”
  • Tajik: “Хайбер-Пухтунхво”
  • Tamil: “கைபர் பக்துன்வா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “வடமேற்கு எல்லை மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “வடமேற்கு எல்லைபுற மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “வடமேற்கு எல்லைப்புற மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Хәйбәр-Пәхтунхва”
  • Thai: “แคว้นแคบาร์ปัคตูนควา”
  • Thai: “แคว้นไคเบอร์ปัคตูนควา”
  • Turkish: “Hayber Pahtunhva”
  • Turkish: “Hayber-Pahtunhva”
  • Turkish: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Sınır Eyaleti”
  • Ukrainian: “Хайбер-Пахтунхва”
  • Urdu: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Urdu: “N.W.F.P”
  • Urdu: “NWFP”
  • Urdu: “Sarhad”
  • Urdu: “آزاد جممو اور کشمیر”
  • Urdu: “خیبر پختون خوا”
  • Urdu: “خیبر پختون خواہ, Khaībar Pakhtūnkhwā”
  • Urdu: “خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Urdu: “خیبرپختونخوا”
  • Urdu: “سرحد”
  • Urdu: “شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ”
  • Urdu: “صوبھ سرحد”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ خيبرپختونخواہ”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ خیبر پختونخواہ”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ سرحد”
  • Urdu: “صوبۂ سرحد”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy-gʻarbiy chegara viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Xaybar Paxtunxva”
  • Venetian: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Vietnamese: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Vietnamese: “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Welsh: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Welsh: “Khyber Pukhtunkhwa”
  • Welsh: “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa”
  • Welsh: “NWFP”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Ffin y Gogledd-orllewin”
  • Western Panjabi: “خیبر پختونخوا”
  • Western Panjabi: “خیبر پختونخواہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “سرحد”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ سرحد”
  • Wu Chinese: “开伯尔-普什图省”
  • Yue Chinese: “西北邊境省”
  • “खैबर पख्तूनख्वा”

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