Peshawar
/pəˈʃɔːə(r)/- the capital of North-West Frontier Province, in Pakistan; pop. 1,390,900 (est. 2009). Mentioned in early Sanskrit literature, it is one of Pakistan's oldest cities. Under Sikh rule from 1834, it was occupied by the British between 1849 and 1947. Situated near the Khyber Pass on the border with Afghanistan, it is of strategic and military importance.白沙瓦（巴基斯坦西北边境省省会, 2009年估计人口 1,390,900; 曾在早期的梵语文献中被提及, 是巴基斯坦最古老的城市之一; 从1834年起被锡克教徒统治, 1849年到1947年被英国占领; 位于与阿富汗接壤的开伯尔山口附近, 为军事和战略要地）。