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Peshāwar (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 00 29 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.0080 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 34 43 E degrees minutes |
Long: 71.5785 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located 6 km south of the Khyber Pass, which was on the Silk Road; important trade and military center; inhabitants primarily Pathan; economy based on textile, leather, and copperware production; site of Qissa Khawani bazaar, mosque of Mahabat, university. |
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Peshāwar (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Indo-Scythian Kushan empire, 1st cen. AD |
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by Sikhs under Ranjit Singh, 1823; British, 1849-ca. 1947 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| capital of .... |
Durranī Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8711741] |
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Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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