KOHAT

town, south-central North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The town lies just north of the Kohat Toi River at the entrance to the Kohat Pass, through which a military road was opened in 1901. The new town lies at some distance from the original 14th-century town, traditionally said to have been founded by the Buddhist raja Kohat. It is connected by rail with Thal and the main rail (Peshawar-Karachi) line via Jand, across the Indus River, and by road with Peshawar (30 miles north), Rawalpindi, and Bannu. Products manufactured in Kohat include lungis (cotton loincloths), turbans, textiles, shoes, and leather goods. Incorporated as a municipality in 1873, it has a hospital, a library, and a government college affiliated with the University of Peshawar. Pop. (1981) 77,604.