Attock
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Attock is a historic city in northern Pakistan strategically located along the Indus River, long serving as a key gateway between the Punjab region and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Attock canonical | 7 |
| Attock District | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| borderFunction | gateway between eastern and western parts of Pakistan ⓘ |
| borderProximity | near border of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 33.7667 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 72.3667 ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| crossesBy | Grand Trunk Road ⓘ |
| distanceToIslamabad | approximately 80 km west ⓘ |
| distanceToPeshawar | approximately 140 km east ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
trade
ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 360 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeRole | district headquarters of Attock District ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Attock Bridge
ⓘ
Attock Fort ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure |
Attock Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus River rail bridge
Attock Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Indus River road bridge
|
| hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation | Pakistan Army facilities near Attock ⓘ |
| historicalEraSignificance |
British colonial period
ⓘ
Mughal period ⓘ |
| historicalNameUsage | name used for both city and wider district ⓘ |
| historicalRole | gateway between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Punjabi ⓘ |
| languageSignificant |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| locatedIn | Punjab ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeUnit | Attock District ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Punjab ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Pakistan ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Attock Bridge
ⓘ
Attock Fort ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ Punjab ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Indus River ⓘ |
| nearbyMajorCity |
Islamabad
ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ Rawalpindi ⓘ |
| partOf |
Potohar Plateau
ⓘ
surface form:
Pothohar Plateau
|
| regionType | frontier town ⓘ |
| riverBankLocation | eastern bank of the Indus River ⓘ |
| riverCrossingFunction | major crossing point over the Indus River ⓘ |
| roadConnection | highway link between Islamabad and Peshawar ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
controls passage across the Indus River
ⓘ
historical military gateway between regions ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| transportConnection | railway line between Rawalpindi and Peshawar ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.