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  2. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Wikipedia

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    The area fell subsequently under the rule of Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani Empire, [87] following a grand nine-day long assembly of leaders, known as the loya jirga. [88] In 1749, the Mughal ruler was induced to cede Sindh , the Punjab region and the important trans Indus River to Ahmad Shah in order to save his capital from the ...

  3. Geography of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    About 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi) of the total area of Bangladesh is covered with water, and larger areas are routinely flooded during the monsoon season. The only exceptions to Bangladesh's low elevations are the Chittagong Hills in the southeast, the Low Hills of Sylhet in the northeast, and highlands in the north and northwest ...

  4. List of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and seventh most densely populated with a population of 173,562,364 in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi).

  6. List of cities and towns in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The urban centers of Bangladesh have a combined area of about 10600 square kilometers, which is 7% of the total area of Bangladesh. As such, Bangladesh has a very high urban population density: 4028 persons per square kilometer (2011), whereas the rural density is significantly lower: 790 persons per square kilometer (2011). [1]

  7. International rankings of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Padma Bridge is an under construction mega project of Bangladesh. Human Development Index: ranked 133rd [42] Global Peace Index: ranked 91st [43] Global Hunger Index: ranked 76th [44] Global Health Security Index: ranked 95th [45] Global Education Index: ranked 120th [46] Population below poverty line: ranked 80th [47]

  8. Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Wikipedia

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    In Pakistan, the division is the administrative unit which is higher in the hierarchy than a district, but lower in the hierarchy than a province.There are seven divisions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, each of which has anywhere between two and nine districts.

  9. Administrative geography of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts (jela, zila, zela), although, these have only a limited role in public policy.For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils).