Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Nowshera
  • نوشہرہ
  • نوښار
Nowshera is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Nowshera
Nowshera
Nowshera is located in Pakistan
Nowshera
Nowshera
Coordinates: 34°0′55″N 71°58′29″E / 34.01528°N 71.97472°E / 34.01528; 71.97472
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictNowshera
TehsilNowshera
Government
 • TypeTehsil-council
 • ChairmanMuhammad Ishaq Khan Khattak[1] (PTI)
Area
 • Total1,748 km2 (675 sq mi)
Population
 • Total120,131
 • Density500/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
 Nowshera Kalan Municipal Committee: 83,567
Nowshera Cantonment: 36,564
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0923
Highways N-5
N-45
Websitenowshera.kp.gov.pk

Nowshera (Urdu: نوشہرہ; pronunciation; Pashto: نوښار, pr. Nowkhār pronunciation) is the capital city of Nowshera District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the 78th largest city in Pakistan and ninth largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Nowshera lies on the Kabul River, and is approximately 27 miles (43 km) east of the provincial capital Peshawar, along the Grand Trunk Road.[5]

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  2. ^ "KP's new LG system: structure, powers, and voting process". SAMAA TV. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Area Populations". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  4. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (NOWSHERA DISTRICT)" (PDF). 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 18, page 417 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu.