Parachinar

Parachinar
  • پاړه چنار
  • پاڑہ چنار
City
A forest in Parachinar
A forest in Parachinar
Parachinar is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Parachinar
Parachinar is located in Pakistan
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Parachinar
Parachinar is located in South Asia
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Parachinar is located in Asia
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Parachinar is located in Earth
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Coordinates: PK_type:city 33°54′N 70°6′E / 33.900°N 70.100°E / 33.900; 70.100
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionKohat
DistrictKurram
TehsilUpper Kurram
Elevation
1,705 m (5,594 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • City
700,000
 • Estimate 
()
680,000
 • Rank9th, Kohat Division
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Parachinar (Pashto: پاړه چنار; Urdu: پاڑہ چنار) is a city and the capital of the Kurram District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[2]

Parachinar is situated on the west of Peshawar, that juts into the Paktia, Logar and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan. With a distance of 110 kilometres (68 mi) from the capital of Afghanistan Kabul, Parachinar is the closest point in Pakistan to Kabul.

  1. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL FATA (KURRAM AGENCY)" (PDF). KURRAM_AGENCY_BLOCKWISE.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Suspected suicide blast in Parachinar; 15 killed". Samaa TV. Pakistan. March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2018.