Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Monday, September 12, 2016

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Province of Pakistan

(NWFP - North-West Frontier Province)

khyber pakhtunkhwa province | beautiful places in pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - one of the five province of Pakistan. Many beautiful areas in this province and province has one of the beautiful places of Pakistan.

Country: Pakistan

Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (old name is NWFP - Northwest Frontier Province)

Population: 28 million (2015 statistic) approximately 12% of total population of Pakistan

Area : 74,521 sq-km

Religion: Provincial religion is Islam

Latitude and Longitude: 34.0000° N, 71.3200° E

Capital City: Peshawar

Largest City: Peshawar

Neighbor Country: Afghanistan

Local Languageu: Pashto considered as local language but somehow Hindko is also spoken major language.

Famous Cities: Peshawar, Abbottabad, Mardan, Mansehra, Sawabi, Bunnu, Kohat, Haripur, Mingora, Batkhela, Dir, Nowshera and many others which have one of the beautiful places in Pakistan.

Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa located in northwest area of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In Urdu " National Language of Pakistan" Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is called "Sarhad" which is means "frontier". The old name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is "NWFP - Northwest Frontier Province". According to statics in 2015, 28 million people live in this province, which is the 12% of total population of Pakistan. 74,521 sq-km area with Latitude and longitude 34.0000° N, 71.3200° E. Peshawar is the largest and the capital city of this province. International border of Afghanistan (Neighbor country of Pakistan from this province side) meet with this province. Hazara region considered as the gateway of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Famous Rivers & Mountains Range

Indus river, Kunhar river, Zhob river, Swat river, gomal river, Kurram river and many others are the famous river of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Swat River is a very historic river. The old name of this swat river is "Suvastu River" according to some histories. The army of the exceptional Alexander crossed this river earlier than shifting closer to the southern regions which might be now called Odegram and Barikoot. The swat river begins from the Hindu Kush Mountains range and flows through from the Swat District and Kalam Valley. This river also provide a big fishing industry for the local people. There are different kind of forest in this areas which increased the beauty of the province and also attract the tourists.

The northern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are in general mountainous area. The mountain ranges areas comprise, the Hindu Kush Mountains from the north in Gilgit-baltistan, Trich Mir peak located in Chitral District and the highest peak of hindu kush ranges at height of 7690 meters. Other famous mountain ranges like Himalaya Mountains and Kohistan Ranges from dir and swat.

Lakes & National Park

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has one of the most amazing and beautiful lakes of the world. Saiful Muluk lake, Duditpatsar lake, Ansoo lake, Mahondand lake, Siri lake and many others. Chitral Gol National Park, Ayubia National Park, Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park are the famous National park in this province.

Festivals

There are many different types of festivals celebrated every year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Khattak Dance performed by Khattak tribe, in particular in Pakistan but additionally in some eastern parts of Afghanistan. The Kalash Festival famous as Chilam Joshi festival held every year in Kalash Velley in the starting of summer season. Girls and boys are dancing in special local dresses and thousand of tourist to see this festivals from all over the Pakistan.

The province has many beautiful areas and rich culture gifted by the nature that provide the attraction of worldwide tourists in the world and it has one of the beautiful places of Pakistan.