Nimruz Province
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Nimruz Province is a sparsely populated, largely desert region in southwestern Afghanistan bordering Iran and Pakistan, known for its strategic location along key trade and smuggling routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nimruz Province canonical | 12 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
province ⓘ |
| area | approximately 43000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| bordersWith |
Farah Province
ⓘ
Helmand Province, Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form:
Helmand Province
Iran ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ |
| borderType |
international land border with Iran
ⓘ
international land border with Pakistan ⓘ |
| capital | Zaranj ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| country | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| crossBorderTradeHub | Zaranj ⓘ |
| economy |
cross-border trade
ⓘ
small-scale agriculture near Helmand River ⓘ smuggling ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Baloch people
ⓘ
surface form:
Baloch
Hazaras ⓘ
surface form:
Hazara
Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
Tajiks ⓘ
surface form:
Tajik
|
| geography | largely desert ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossing |
Zaranj–Milak border crossing
ⓘ
surface form:
Milak–Zaranj border crossing
|
| hasDistrict |
Chakhansur District
ⓘ
Char Burjak District ⓘ Kang District ⓘ Khash Rod District ⓘ Zaranj District ⓘ |
| hasLake |
Sistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Hamun-e Helmand
|
| hasRiver | Helmand River ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Sistan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
desert landscapes
ⓘ
low population density ⓘ |
| largestCity | Zaranj ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southwestern Afghanistan ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Nimruz means midday or south in Persian context ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Dari
ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| partOf |
southwestern Afghanistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Region of Afghanistan
|
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| securityIssues |
drug trafficking
ⓘ
insurgent activity ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key smuggling routes between Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan
ⓘ
key trade routes between Afghanistan and Iran ⓘ |
| timeZone | Afghanistan Time ⓘ |
| transportCorridor | route connecting Afghanistan to Iranian ports ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +4:30 ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Helmand Province