North-West Frontier Province (1901-55)

North West Frontier Province صوبہ سرحد‬
Province of Pakistan
←   ← 1901–2010 →
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Location of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within Pakistan
History
•	Established	9 November 1901
•	Renamed to Khyber Pakthunkhwa	19 April 2010
Area
•	1901	70,709 km2(27,301 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	30,523,371
	Density	431.7 /km2  (1,118 /sq mi)
Today part of		Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
www.khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk

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The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) was a province of British India. It was established in 1901 and was known by this name until 2010 (except for a brief period during the One Unit program of West Pakistan). The area became Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on 19 April 2010 when the Eighteenth Amendment was signed by President Asif Ali Zardari.

The province covered an area of 70,709 km², including much of the current Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but excluding the princely states of Amb, Chitral, Dir, Phulra and Swat. The capital was the city of Peshawar and the province was composed of three divisions (Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan and Malakand). Until 1947 the province was bordered by five princely states to the north, the minor states of the Gilgit Agency to the northeast, the province of West Punjab to the east, and the province of Balochistan to the south. Afghanistan lay to the northwest, with the tribal agencies forming a buffer zone.

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