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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 | |
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.
Provincial ainimal | Straucht-horned Markhor | |
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Provincial bird | White-crested Kalij pheasant | |
Provincial tree | Indian date | |
Provincial flouer | Apple o Sodom | |
Provincial sport | Pashtun archery |
The Provincial Assembly o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is unicameral an consists o 124 seats o which 2% are reserved for non-Muslims an 17% for weemen anerlie.
The Preses o Pakistan appoints a Govrenor as heid o the provincial govrenment o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Thare is a directly-electit Provincial Assembly, which haes 124 electit members (includin 22 seats reserved for weemen an 3 seats for non-Muslims). The Provincial Assembly elects a Chief Meenister tae act as the chief executive o the province, assistit bi a cabinet o meenisters.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is dividit intae 25 destricts, comprisin 20 Settled Aurie Destricts an 5 Provincially Admeenistered Tribal Aurie (PATA) Destricts. The admeenistration o the PATA destricts is vestit in the Preses o Pakistan an the Govrenor o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bi Airticles 246 an 247 o the Constitution o Pakistan.[1]
The 25 destricts are:
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