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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (/ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/; Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا [ˈxebaɾ paxtunˈxwɑ]; Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا, pronounced [ˈxɛːbəɾ pəxˈtuːnxʷɑː] ⓘ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.
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According to numerous historians, Moppila or Moplah is Maha Pillai (great son) and Marakkar means (Marakkalam is a wooden boat) 'boatmen'. Thurston, in his work 'Tribes of South India', states the following - The word Marakkar is usually derived from the Tamil marakalam, meaning 'boat'. [4] It was also a titular name for maritime traders.
Disputed Borders: University of Texas map library - China-India Borders - Eastern Sector 1988 & Western Sector 1988 - Kashmir Region 2004 - Kashmir Maps. State and District boundaries: Census of India - 2001 Census State Maps - Survey of India Maps. Other sources: US Army Map Service, Survey of India Map Explorer, Columbia University. Map ...
Map Bannu Division: Bannu District; Lakki Marwat District; North Waziristan District; 3,092,078 9,975 km 2 (3,851 sq mi) 309.98/km 2: 42.11% Dera Ismail Khan Division: Dera Ismail Khan District; Upper South Waziristan District; Lower South Waziristan District; Tank District; 3,188,779 18,854 km 2 (7,280 sq mi) 169.13/km 2: 41.73% Hazara ...
Districts have formed an integral part of civil administration in the subcontinent since colonial times. When the North-West Frontier Province (the former name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) formed in November 1901, it was divided into five "settled districts": Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, and Peshawar, and a "trans-border tract" of land which encompassed five "Political Agencies": Khyber ...
An enlargeable map of the cities of India. The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, India: . The seventh-largest country by area, India is located on the Indian subcontinent in South Asia.
Karakoram is a Turkic term meaning black gravel. The Central Asian traders originally applied the name to the Karakoram Pass . [ 9 ] Early European travellers, including William Moorcroft and George Hayward , started using the term for the range of mountains west of the pass, although they also used the term Muztagh (meaning, "Ice Mountain ...