Peshawar
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
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Summary
Peshawar is a city[1]. Peshawar ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,079 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Peshawar District[3]
- Country: Pakistan[4]
- Head of government: Haji Ghulam Ali[5]
- Instance of: administrative territorial entity[6], big city[7]
- Postal code: 25000[8]
- Commons category: Peshawar[9]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:00[10]
- Local dialing code: 091[11]
- Official website: https://cmgp.gkp.pk/[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Peshawar[13]
- Commons gallery: Peshawar[14]
- Population: 1,970,042[15], 982,816[16], 173,000[17], 152,000[18], 218,000[19], 273,000[20], 566,000[21]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[22], Otto's encyclopedia[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
- Capital of: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[29], Peshawar District[30], North-West Frontier Province[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Peshawar[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Peshawar[33]
- Demonym: Peshawari[34], Peŝavarano[35], پېښوريان[36]
- Native label: پشاور[37], پېښور[38], پشور[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Peshawar[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 359 m[41]
- Area: 1257 km²[42]
- History of topic: history of Peshawar[43], timeline of Peshawar history[44]
- Vocalized name: پِشَاوَر[45]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Peshawar include Peshawar Panthers[46], a cricket team[47], in Pakistan[48], founded in 2004[49].
Why It Matters
Peshawar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Peshawar is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for Peshawar include Peshawar Panthers[46], a cricket team[47], in Pakistan[48], founded in 2004[49].