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Peshawar

Pakistan

Watercolour of Peshawar, Pakistan. Centered around Mahabat Khan Mosque with white marble domes and minarets, Bala Hissar Fort, and historic Qissa Khwani Bazaar. Featuring Mahabat Khan Mosque and Bala Hissar Fort.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Mahabat Khan Mosque; Bala Hissar Fort; Qissa Khwani Bazaar; Cunningham Clock Tower; traditional Pashtun and Mughal vernacular architecture; rich Khyber flora; Silk Road
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Peshawar, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in shady chinar (plane) trees, mulberry trees, and hanging jasmine in old city courtyards.
Population4,758,762Wikidata: 1,970,042
Coordinates34.01°N, 71.58°E
Elevation359 m
Area1,257 km²
Time zoneAsia/KarachiUTC+5
Solar noon12:14clock runs 0.2 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Peshawar and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 769 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

IslamabadPK139 km
RawalpindiPK143 km
BannuPK145 km
KabulAF229 km
SrinagarIN298 km
GujranwalaPK318 km
FaisalabadPK321 km
LahorePK376 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Peshawar inside this atlas.

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