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{{short description|Mountain pass in Pakistan}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Kohat Pass <br>{{nq|درۂ کوہاٹ}}
| photo =Kohat Pass WDL11492.png 
| photo_caption =Photograph of Afridi tribesmen at the Kohat Pass is from an album of rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 
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| location = [[Pakistan]]
| range = [[Khigana Mountains]]
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'''Kohat Pass''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|درۂ کوہاٹ}}}}) is a [[mountain pass]] in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]], between the cities of [[Kohat]] and [[Peshawar]]. The pass varies from {{convert|400|yd}} to {{convert|1.25|mi|km|0}} in width, and its summit is some {{convert|600|-|700|ft}} above the plain.<ref>{{EB1911 |inline=y |wstitle=Kohat Pass |volume=15 |page=881}}</ref> The pass traverses the Khigana Mountains, which stretch from the former [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]] towards [[Attock]].

British authorities in Peshawar commenced construction of the Kohat Pass road in 1849,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HX-kit-U6y0C&q=kohat+1505&pg=RA1-PA22|title=Report on the settlement of the Kohat district in the Panjáb|first=Henry|last= St George Tucker (officiating deputy commissioner.)|date=1884|language=en}}</ref> and completed it by 1850 despite violent opposition from local tribes.<ref name=":0" /> The pass was closed temporarily in 1853 after a quarrel arose among nearby tribes.<ref name=":0" /> The road which connected Kohat to Rawalpindi via [[Khushalgarh]] was of little trouble compared to the Kohat Pass road.<ref name=":0" />

Travel times across the pass were dramatically reduced with the opening of the [[Kohat Tunnel]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-09-29 |title=JBIC |url=http://www.jbic.go.jp/autocontents/english/news/2003/000006/attach.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929045702/http://www.jbic.go.jp/autocontents/english/news/2003/000006/attach.htm |archive-date=2005-09-29  |access-date=2022-07-10 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Khyber Pass]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310181317/http://www.khyber.org/places/2005/KohatTownandKohatDistrict.shtml Pictures of Kohat and the pass]}}

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{{Mountain passes of Pakistan}}

[[Category:Kohat District]]
[[Category:Peshawar]]


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