Peshawar is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its biggest city. It is the sixth-largest in Pakistan. Peshawar is also the major Pashtun-majority city in Pakistan and is multi-lingual in Pashto and Hindko. Located in the wide Valley of Peshawar near the eastern end of the significant Khyber Pass, nearby to the border with Afghanistan, Peshawar’s documented history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it the oldest city in Pakistan and one of the oldest cities in South Asia.