Risalpur
Sign in to saveRisalpur (Pashto/) is a city in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Nowshera-Mardan Road. It is nearly 45 km from Peshawar and 18 km from Mardan and is located at 34°4'52N 71°58'21E. In a basin some 316 meters above sea level, it is bounded on the south and west by the Kabul and Kalpani rivers, respectively. The famous Khyber Pass lies 90 kilometers to the north.
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Place details
- Locality
- نوشہرہ
- Region
- خیبر پختونخوا
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 36,074
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Risalpur
- Settlement.official_name
- Risalpur
- Settlement.population_total
- 36,074
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.nicknames
- Home of Sappers, Home of Eagles
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 309.0672
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +5
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.timezone1
- PST
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top: A rainy day at Risalpur Below: PAF Academy Asghar Khan located in Risalpur
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nowshera
- Settlement.mapsize
- 100px
- Settlement.postal_code
- 23200
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Pakistan
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Encyclopedic overview
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Risalpur (Pashto/) is a city in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Nowshera-Mardan Road. It is nearly 45 km from Peshawar and 18 km from Mardan and is located at 34°4'52N 71°58'21E. In a basin some 316 meters above sea level, it is bounded on the south and west by the Kabul and Kalpani rivers, respectively. The famous Khyber Pass lies 90 kilometers to the north.
Risalpur is known as "Home of Eagles" and "Home of Sappers". It has several important educational institutions and industrial plants. Languages spoken here are Urdu, English, Pashto, and others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Risalpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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