Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا [ˈxɛːbər pəxˈt̪uːnxwaː], Pashto: خیبر پښتونخوا‎ [xaibər paʂtunxwɑ], locally Pukhtunkhwa [puxtunxwɑ]), umwhile kent as the North-Wast Frontier Province an various ither names, is ane o the fower provinces o Pakistan, locatit in the north-wast o the kintra. It borders Afghanistan tae the north-wast, Gilgit-Baltistan tae the north-east, Azad Kashmir tae the east, the Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries (FATA) tae the wast an sooth, Balochistan tae the sooth an Punjab an the Islamabad Caipital Territory tae the sooth-east.

The main ethnic group in the province is the Pashtuns; ither smawler ethnic groups include maist notably the Hazarewals an Chitralis. The principal leids are Pashto, locally referred tae as Pukhto.

The provincial caipital is Peshawar, locally referred tae as Pekhawar.

Provincial govrenment

Provincial seembols o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (unofficial)

Provincial animal	Kabul Markhor
Provincial bird	White-crested Kalij Pheasant
Provincial tree	Juniperus squamata
Provincial flouer	Morina

Destrict map o Pakhtunkhwa an Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries.

Main airticle: Govrenment o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Provincial Assembly o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is unicameral an consists o 124 seats o which 2% are reserved for non-Muslims an 17% for weemen anerlie.

The Preses o Pakistan appoints a Govrenor as heid o the provincial govrenment o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There is a directly-electit Provincial Assembly, which haes 124 electit members (includin 22 seats reserved for weemen an 3 seats for non-Muslims). The Provincial Assembly elects a Chief Meenister tae act as the chief executive o the province, assistit bi a cabinet o meenisters.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is dividit intae 25 destricts, comprisin 20 Settled Aurie Destricts an 5 Provincially Admeenistered Tribal Aurie (PATA) Destricts. The admeenistration o the PATA destricts is vestit in the Preses o Pakistan an the Govrenor o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bi Airticles 246 an 247 o the Constitution o Pakistan.

The 25 destricts are: Abbottabad Bannu Batagram Buner Charsadda Chitral Dera Ismail Khan Dir Upper Dir Lawer Hangu Haripur Kala Dhaka Karak Kohat Kohistan Lakki Marwat Malakand Mansehra Mardan Nowshera Peshawar Swabi Swat Shangla Tank

Important ceeties

Abbottabad Bannu Balakot Besham Batagram Daggar

Charsadda Chitral Dera Ismail Khan Dir

Hangu Haripur Havelian Kohat

Kulachi Lakki Marwat Latamber Malakand

Mansehra Mardan Nowshera Martung

Alpuri Peshawar

Swabi Mingora Tank

Freemit airtins

• Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the Open Directory Project
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Guide.