Peshawar

Pesh?war (translates to City on the Frontier from Persian; known as Pai-khawar in Pashto; in ancient times known as Purushapura in Sanskrit) is a city in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (pop. ca. 570,000) near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass.

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Persian - Pashto - Sanskrit - Pakistan - North-West Frontier Province - Khyber Pass

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Peshawar's inhabitants consist mainly of two groups: majority Pashtuns (including recent Afghan Pashtun refugees) and minority Peshawaris (native Peshawar peoples speaking Hindko who are often referred to as "Panjabi Pathans"). In addition, smaller groups of Tajiks and Hazaras as well as Gypsies can be found in the city.

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Pashtun - Hindko - Tajiks - Hazara - Gypsies

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Industries include textiles, shoes, and pottery. The Peshawar Museum houses a fine collection of Gandharan art. The main postgraduate educational center of Peshawar is "university Campus" of Peshawar which consist of University of Peshawar, NWFP Agricultural University Peshawar and University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar. In recent years many private universities have also started operating in the city.

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Textile - Shoe - Pottery - Gandhara - University - NWFP Agricultural University

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