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Northwest Frontier (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 27 36 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.4599 decimal degrees |
| Long: 072 30 09 E degrees minutes |
Long: 72.5024 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mountainous province of northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan; includes part of Himalaya Range; home of indigenous Pathans, Indo-Iranian Muslims; site of numerous tribal rebellions, especially 1919-1920. |
Names: |
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| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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............ | from 2010 |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (C,V,O)
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| Khyber Paktoonkhwa (C,V)
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| Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa (C,V)
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| سرحدی صوبہسنڌ (C,V,Urdu,U)
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| N.W.F.P. (C,V)
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| PK03 (C,V,FIPS)
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| Nordvästra gränsprovinsen (C,U,Swedish)
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| Nordvestlege Grenseprovins (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Nordvestlige Grenseprovins (C,U,Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Nordvestlige Grenseprovins (Norwegian)
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| Northwest Frontier (H,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | 1901-2010 |
| North-West Frontier (H,V)
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| North West Frontier Province (H,V)
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| North-West Frontier Province (H,V,English,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| province (preferred, C) |
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under British India, separated from Punjab & created 1901; autonomous province 1937-1947; part of Pakistan since 1947; provincial status abolished 1955; provincial status restored 1970 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Nordvestlege Grenseprovins.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1168873 |
| Nordvestlige Grenseprovins.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1168873 |
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