North-West Frontier Province

Japanese: 北西辺境州 - ほくせいへんきょうしゅう（英語表記）North‐West Frontier Province

A province in the northwest of Pakistan. Its area is 74,521 km2 and its population is 11.66 million (1983). Its capital is Peshawar. It consists of mountainous areas bordering the northeastern border of Afghanistan, roughly west of the Indus River, and a plateau at the foot of the mountains. The Kabul River runs east to west through the centre, forming a fertile river valley plain (Peshawar Valley). Except for the northern mountainous area, the majority of the inhabitants are Iranian Pashtun (Pahtung) people, who form a semi-independent tribal area along the border in the southwest of the province. The climate is semi-arid, and the main crops are wheat, corn, rice, sugarcane and tobacco, with the latter three mainly produced in the Peshawar Valley, where irrigation is well developed.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

パキスタン北西端の州。面積7万4521km2，人口1166万(1983)。州都はペシャーワル。ほぼインダス川本流以西のアフガニスタン北東国境部に接する諸山地と，その山麓高原地帯からなる。中央をカーブル川が東西に横切り，肥沃な河谷平野(ペシャーワル谷)を形成する。北部山岳地帯を除くと主要住民はイラン系のパシュトゥーン(パターン)族で，州南西部の国境沿いに半独立的な部族地域をつくっている。気候は半乾燥気候で，農業は小麦，トウモロコシ，米，サトウキビ，タバコを主作物とするが，後3者は灌漑の発達したペシャーワル谷を主産地とする。

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