Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا [ˈxɛːbər pəxˈt̪uːnxwaː], Pashto: خیبر پښتونخوا [xaibər paʂtunxwɑ], locally Pukhtunkhwa [puxtunxwɑ]), umwhile kent as the North-Wast Frontier Province an various ither names, is ane o the fower provinces o Pakistan, locatit in the north-wast o the kintra. It borders Afghanistan tae the north-wast, Gilgit-Baltistan tae the north-east, Azad Kashmir tae the east, the Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries (FATA) tae the wast an sooth, Balochistan tae the sooth an Punjab an the Islamabad Caipital Territory tae the sooth-east.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa خیبر پختونخوا | |
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Coordinates: 34.00°N 71.32°E / 34.00; 71.32 | |
Kintra | Pakistan |
Established | 1 Julie 1970 |
Caipital | Peshawar |
Lairgest ceety | Peshawar |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Province |
• Bodi | Provincial Assembly |
• Govrenor | Shaukatullah Khan |
• Chief Meenister | Pervez Khattak |
• Heich Court | Peshawar Heich Court |
Area | |
• Total | 74,521 km2 (28,773 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 22,000,000 |
• Density | 300/km2 (760/sq mi) |
http://www.khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk/aboutus/ | |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Leids |
Regional languages: Pashto, Hindko, Khowar, Kalami, Torwali, Shina, Saraiki, Gujari, Maiya, Bateri, Kalkoti, Chilisso, Gowro, Kalasha-mondr, Palula, Dameli, Gawar-Bati, Yidgha, Burushaski, Kyrgyz, Wakhi |
Assembly seats | 124 |
Destricts | 25 |
Union Cooncils | 986 |
Website | khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk |
The main ethnic group in the province is the Pashtuns; ither smawler ethnic groups include maist notably the Hazarewals an Chitralis. The principal leids are Pashto, locally referred tae as Pukhto.
The provincial caipital is Peshawar, locally referred tae as Pekhawar.