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Parachinar

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Also known as Totkai (old name), Tutki, Pāṛačinār

Parachinar (; ) is a city and the capital of the Kurram District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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Place details

Locality
پاڑہ چنار
Region
خیبر پختونخوا
Country
پاکستان
Population
0
Timezone
Asia/Karachi

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Parachinar
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Parachinar 6.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
A forest in Parachinar
Settlement.pushpin_map
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Division
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Tehsil
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Kurram
Settlement.subdivision_name4
Upper Kurram
Settlement.elevation_m
1,705
Settlement.population_total
700000+
Settlement.total_type
City
Settlement.population_as_of
2023

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Durand Line Agreement
  • 2007 Kurram Agency conflict
  • Terrorist incidents
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • See also
  • References

Parachinar (; ) is a city and the capital of the Kurram District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Parachinar, situated on the west of Peshawar, juts into the Paktia, Logar and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan. With a distance of from the capital of Afghanistan Kabul, Parachinar is the closest city in Pakistan to Kabul.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parachinar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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