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Kohat
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan · Asia
About Kohat
Kohat sits on the route: 30 minutes from Lachi.
Kohat is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with about 150,000 people. The nearest town is Lachi, about 24 km away.
Kohat (Urdu and Hindko: کوہاٹ; Pashto: کوهاټ) is a city in Pakistan that serves as the capital of the Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. With a population of over 220,000 people, the city is the fourth most populous in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the 35th most populous in Pakistan. Kohat's immediate environsRead more
were the site of frequent armed skirmishes between British colonial forces and local tribesmen in the mid to late 19th century. The city is centred on a British-era fort, various bazaars, and a military cantonment. Pashto and the Kohati dialect of Hindko are the main languages spoken in Kohat.
The city of Kohat is also the namesake of and largest city in the Kohat Division, being over four times larger than the second-largest city in the division, Karak.
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Kohat is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, about 24 km from Lachi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 151,427
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Pakistan
- Region
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
- Coordinates
- 33.5820, 71.4493
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