Peshawar (Pashto: پېښور Pex̌awar; Hindko: پيشورPishōr; Urdu: پشاور PishāwarUrdupronunciation (help·info)), kent as Pekhawar an aw, is the caipital o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (umwhile kent as the North-Wast Frontier Province),[2] an the admeenistrative centre an economic hub for the Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries o Pakistan.[3] Peshawar is situatit in a lairge glen near the eastren end o the Khyber Pass, close tae the Pak-Afghan border. Kent as "Ceety on the Frontier", Peshawar's strategic location on the crossroads o Central Asie an Sooth Asie haes made it ane o the maist culturally vibrant an lively ceeties in the greater region. Peshawar is irrigatit bi various canals o the Kabul River an bi its richt tributar, the Bara River.