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Quick view of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa..


Quick/Short view of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Province

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Province Capital

Peshawar is the Capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Peshawar is largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 1998 census was the 9th

 largest city of Pakistan & also the economic hub of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Assembly seats

Districts

VillageCouncil

124

36

2,989

Demography

Population

According to provincial results of 2017 census Population: 30,523,371 

 

Language

The provincial language is Pushto spoken by the Majority as first language. Urdu is the national language widely spoken as a second language. English is the official language of KP and mainly used for Official and literary purpose.

Religion

 

Most of the inhabitants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa profess Islam, with a Sunni majority and significant minorities of Shias and Ismailis, . Many of the Kalasha of Southern Chitral still retain their ancient Animist/Shamanist religion. There are very small communities of Hindus,  Christians and Sikhs.

 

Geography

 

Geographical Location

Latitude & Longitude 34.0000° North, 71.3200° East    Area: 74,521 km²

Literacy

50 %

Provincial Boundaries

 

Provincial Boundaries

Afghanistan 

North-East (Gilgite Balkistan)

North-West (Afghanistan)

East (Azad Kashmir)

South-East (Punjab)

South (Balochistan)

Climate

Climate

The climate of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa varies immensely for a region of its size, encompassing most of the many climate types found in KP. The climate of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa can broadly be classified as a tropical monsoon one. But, in spite of much of the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lying beyond the tropical zone, the entire province has a tropical climate marked by relatively high temperatures and dry winters. There are four seasons:

1.   Spring

2.   Summer 

3.   Autumn 

4.   Winter 

Principal seasonal Crops & Fruits

The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is spread over 12.77 percent of the total area of Pakistan with the cultivated area of 1.65 million hectares. It’s plain areas are very fertile and some of the hilly areas also produce good crops. The major crops & Fruits of the region are

Crops: -   Rice, Maize, Jowar(corn), Pulses, Sugarcane, Cotton, Chilies, Wheat, Barley, Tobacco,

Fruits: - Peach, Plum, Pear, Apricot, Pomegranate other fruits,

Natural Resources

Allah has gifted KP with a lot of natural resources like gas, Oil fields, mines of marble, Gems Stone, Emeralds etc., Wood (largest producer in Pakistan, Sui Gas, Uranium, Electricity, salt, lithium, Steel, coila,etc.

 

Natural Hazards

 

Monsoon floods, flash floods, earthquakes, and landslides.

Communications

Radio Stations :     Radio Pakistan Peshawar

Television Channels       

 

  • AVT Khyber
  • Paigham TV
  • Aruj TV
  • Khyber News
  • Pashto 1
  • PTV Peshawar (Established 1974)
  • WATAN TV
  • Haditv Pashto
  • Mashriq TV
  • Atal HD TV

Daily News        

 

Mashriq News, Khyber News Etc

 

Tourism places

Places of Tourist interest in Peshawar, Abbotabad, Kaghan Naran,Swat, Bahran, Madain, Malam Jabba, Buner, Chitral,Laram Ghar Kumrat etc

 

 

 

 

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