North-West Frontier Province

former province of British India and later of Pakistan
AdministrativeArea province_of_british_india Q4412467
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North-West Frontier Province

Summary

North-West Frontier Province is a province of British India[1]. It draws 447 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_british_india category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • North-West Frontier Province is located in British Raj[3].
  • North-West Frontier Province is located in Pakistan[4].
  • North-West Frontier Province is in the country of Pakistan[5].
  • North-West Frontier Province's instance of is recorded as province of British India[6].
  • North-West Frontier Province's instance of is recorded as province of Pakistan[7].
  • North-West Frontier Province's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity[8].
  • North-West Frontier Province's capital is recorded as Peshawar[9].
  • North-West Frontier Province's flag image is recorded as Flag of NWFP.svg[10].
  • North-West Frontier Province's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of NWFP.svg[11].
  • North-West Frontier Province's locator map image is recorded as PakistanNorthWestFrontier.png[12].
  • North-West Frontier Province's Commons category is recorded as North-West Frontier Province[13].
  • +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of North-West Frontier Province[14].
  • North-West Frontier Province was dissolved in +2010-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • North-West Frontier Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02fw_t[16].
  • North-West Frontier Province's official website is recorded as http://www.nwfp.gov.pk[17].
  • North-West Frontier Province's topic's main category is recorded as Category:North-West Frontier Province[18].
  • North-West Frontier Province's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • North-West Frontier Province's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • North-West Frontier Province's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • North-West Frontier Province's replaces is recorded as Punjab[22].
  • North-West Frontier Province's replaced by is recorded as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[23].
  • North-West Frontier Province's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'North-West Frontier Province'}[24].
  • North-West Frontier Province's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NWFP'}[25].
  • North-West Frontier Province's geoshape is recorded as Data:Pakistan/N.W.F.P..map[26].
  • North-West Frontier Province's iNaturalist place ID is recorded as 11518[27].

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Geography

North-West Frontier Province is in the country of Pakistan[5]. Located in include British Raj[3], a colony[28], in British Empire[29], founded in 1858[30] and Pakistan[4], a sovereign state[31], in Pakistan[32], founded in 1947[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include province of British India[6], province of Pakistan[7], and former administrative territorial entity[8].

History and Context

+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of North-West Frontier Province[14].

Why It Matters

North-West Frontier Province draws 447 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_british_india category, ranking #2 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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