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Nowshera

Southern Asia

Nowshera is a city in Nowshera District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The 2023 census counted 122,953 residents, against 120,275 in 2017, a change of 2.2 percent, according to the figures gathered by City Population. It is the capital of Nowshera District, in the Valley of Peshawar on the Kabul River, about 43 kilometres east of Peshawar along the Grand Trunk Road. GeoNames places the city at latitude 34.01583 and longitude 71.98123 at an elevation of about 290 metres, in the Asia/Karachi time zone, which is Pakistan Standard Time, five hours ahead of UTC.

Facts
Population
122,953 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+05:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities
Population table, 2023 census
Quote, Population table, 2023 census
Nowshera ( incl. Nowshera Kalān, Nowshera Cantonment ) 55,916 74,913 89,813 120,275 122,953
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2. GeoNames: Nowshera
  • Elevation, band from metres
    Elevation ca. 290 m SRTM3 290 m
  • Timezone
    Timezone Asia/Karachi
  • Part Of: Pakistan, Hierarchy: Home, Asia, Pakistan
    Home › Asia › Pakistan PK › Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 03 › Nowshera District 7419052 › Nowshera 7419052
  • On Continent: Asia, Hierarchy: continent
    Home › Asia › Pakistan PK › Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 03 › Nowshera District 7419052 › Nowshera 7419052
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Hierarchy: Asia, Pakistan
    Home › Asia › Pakistan PK › Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 03 › Nowshera District 7419052 › Nowshera 7419052
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3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)ASCII data, grid cell
Quote, ASCII data, grid cell
34.25 71.75 Csa
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