Peshawar Valley

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Peshawar Valley is a fertile and historically significant lowland region in northwestern Pakistan, centered around the city of Peshawar and known as a major cultural and economic hub of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Peshawar Valley canonical 27
Greater Peshawar Valley 2
Peshawar Basin 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographical region
valley
agriculturalProduct fruits
sugarcane
tobacco
vegetables
wheat
borderedBy Hindu Kush
Khyber Pass region
linked to: Khyber Pass

Safed Koh
centeredAround Peshawar
climate semi-arid
containsArchaeologicalSite Bala Hissar Fort (Peshawar)
Pushkalavati
Shahji-ki-Dheri
linked to: Shaikhan Dheri
country Pakistan
crossBorderConnectivity linked to eastern Afghanistan via Khyber Pass
drainedBy Kabul River
Swat River
economicActivity agriculture
services
trade
ethnicGroup Pashtuns
hasCapital Peshawar
historicallyRuledBy Achaemenid Empire
British Raj
linked to: British India

Durrani Empire
Kushan Empire
Maurya Empire
Sikh Empire
historicalRegionOf Gandhara
knownFor cultural diversity
fertile alluvial plains
historical significance
intensive agriculture
strategic location on trade routes
language Hindko
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
northwestern Pakistan
majorCity Charsadda
Mardan
Nowshera
Peshawar
partOf Peshawar Basin
linked to: Peshawar Valley
roleInProvince major cultural hub of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
major economic hub of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
traversedBy Grand Trunk Road

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Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nowshera region Peshawar Valley
Peshawar locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
Peshawar Division historicalRegion Greater Peshawar Valley
linked to: Peshawar Valley
Kabul River hasFloodRisk Peshawar Valley
Mardan locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
Charsadda region Peshawar Valley
Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India culturalRegion Greater Peshawar
linked to: Peshawar Valley
Khudai Khidmatgar location Peshawar Valley
Peshawar Valley partOf Peshawar Basin
linked to: Peshawar Valley
Purushapura locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
Bala Hissar Fort region Peshawar Valley
Jamrud locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
Kohat Pass connects Peshawar Valley
Kohat Pass near Peshawar Valley
Malakand Pass connects Peshawar Valley
Charsadda District locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
Pushkalavati region Peshawar Valley
Bala Hisar (Charsadda) locatedIn Peshawar Valley
Shaikhan Dheri locatedNear Peshawar Valley
Shaikhan Dheri region Greater Peshawar Basin
linked to: Peshawar Valley
Palatu Dheri locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
Rashakai region Peshawar Valley
Bara Valley borderingRegion Peshawar Valley
Peshawar–Charsadda Road regionServed Peshawar Valley
Hindko people nativeTo Peshawar Valley
Peshawar District locatedInValley Peshawar Valley
Battle of Nowshera region Greater Peshawar Valley
linked to: Peshawar Valley
Peshawar Mint regionServed Peshawar Valley
Sikh conquest of Peshawar hasLocation Peshawar Valley
Battle of Peshawar (1834) location Peshawar Valley
subject linked to: Battle of Peshawar