Nowshera

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Nowshera is a city in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of the Pakistan.

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Nowshera District

Nowshera (Pashto: نوشار/نوشہرہ) is a district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, its Capital is Nowshera.

Previously it was known as Nowkhaar Province till it was annexed into British India via the Durand Line Agreement.

The district was also part of the Peshawar Division until the reforms of The Government of Pakistan.

Area

1,748 km² total area. The population density is 608 persons per square kilometre. Total agricultural area is 52,540 hectors. The main source of income of the region is agriculture. Until 1988 Nowsehra was a tehsil (sub division) of Peshawar; in 1988 it became a district.

It is bordered by Peshawar District to the West, Mardan District to the North, Charsadda District to the North West, Swabi District to the North East, Kohat District to the South, Orakzai Agency to the South West & Attock District to the East.

Languages and demography

Until 1920 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was part of Punjab under Ranjeet Singh. Historically locals use to speak Hindko dialect of Punjabi language which was spoken in Old City and areas of Nowshera Kalan, Akora Khattak, Shaidu, Jehangira and several other villages situated along the Grand Trunk Road.

Nowshera (Srinagar)

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Nowshera is the notified area in the municipal committee of Srinagar, in the Indian administered state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is one of the oldest resedential places in Srinagar founded by Zain-ul-Abidin. It is located about 9.9 km towards North from the commercial center of Kashmir.

History

The history of Nowshera dates back to the time of Zainul Abideen who established and settled the area as the capital of Kashmir Valley. The ruins of that capital city can be still traced today. Most of the residential places are quite old fashioned and date back to the time when people at the first place settled here similar to one's in Downtown Srinagar.

Geography

Nowshera is located 34°07′48″N 74°48′19″E / 34.129977°N 74.805308°E / 34.129977; 74.805308 9.9 km towards North from District headquarters in Srinagar. The area is bounded by Soura towards North, Zadibal towards South, Lal Bazar towards East and Zanimar towards West.

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