Khyber Pakhtunkhwah of Pakistan:
The Pakhtoon Khwah is the land of Pakhtoon or Pathans as called by the English. This is the north western province of Pakistan. The people in this province live in a strict tribal system. recently this province has been hit by the troubles of Taliban.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
formerly the North-West Frontier Province, or NWFP, runs for over 1,100
kilometres along the border with Afghanistan. Peshawar is the capital, and the
heart of the province is the fertile Vale of Peshawar, which is watered by the
Kabul and Swat rivers. This was the centre of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara
and is rich in archaeological remains. It is bounded by Afghanistan to the west
and north,Punjab province to the southeast, and Balochistan province to the
southwest. On the western boundary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, along the Afghan
border, are the federally administered tribal areas, a series of semi
autonomous areas that are ethnically homogeneous with the province but not
politically connected to it.
KPK as it is called now is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west. It borders the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to the west and south, Gilgit–Baltistan to the north-east, Azad Kashmir to the east and Punjab to the south-east. The province of Balochistan is located southwards while Afghanistan borders KhyberPakhtunkhwa to the north-west
The main ethnic group in the province are the Pashtun or Pathan people; other smaller ethnic groups include most notably the Hindkowans, Dards, Chitralis Kalash and Gujjars.
The provincial language is Pashto, spoken by the majority as first language; Urdu, the national language, is widely spoken as a second language. English, the official language of Pakistan, is mainly used for official and literary purposes. The provincial capital and largest city is Peshawar.
Cities in KPK :
* Peshawar
* Mardan
* Takht Bhai
* Swat Valley
* Besham
* Abbottabad
* Haripur
* Naran
* Shogran
* Dera Ismail Khan
* Bannu
* Kohat
* Wana
* Zohb
* Mardan
* Takht Bhai
* Swat Valley
* Besham
* Abbottabad
* Haripur
* Naran
* Shogran
* Dera Ismail Khan
* Bannu
* Kohat
* Wana
* Zohb
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