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N.W.F.P 北西辺境州

N.W.F.P (North West Frontier Province)北西辺境州

Provincial Capital Peshawar
Other Cities Bannu Kohat

Sarhad Province, NWFP (North West Frontier Province). The provinces is very fertile and is gifted by Nature with many resources.

Khyber Pass, the largest and the most renowned, is 56 kilometres long and connects Kabul in Afghanistan with the fertile vale of Peshawar in the Sarhad. The Tochi Pass connects Ghazni is Afghanistan with Bannu in Pakistan and the Gomal Pass provides a route from Afghanistan to Dera Ismail Khan which overlooks the Punjab Province. The Bolan Pass connects the Sindh Province with Quetta in Balochistan and onward through Chaman with Afghanistan.

Enclosed by the branches of western mountains are a number of fertile plains which have been formed by rivers rising from these mountains and falling into Indus. From north to south are the vale of Peshawar (Kabul River), Kohat Plain (Kohat River) and Bannu Plain (River Kurram and Tochi), Peshawar valley covers some 2,200 sq. miles (5,698 sq.km) and is very fertile. It is irrigated by a network of canals which are supplemented by water of the Warsak Dam on Kabul River.

Wheat, maize, sugarcane tobacco and sugarbeet are cultivated in large quantities.

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