Asadabad

E258257
city

Asadabad is a small but strategically important city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Kunar Province near the Pakistani border.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Asadabad canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeRole district center of Asadabad District ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
borderCrossingRole gateway to Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
borderProximity near Pakistani border ⓘ
capitalOf Kunar Province ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 34.8667°N 71.1500°E ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~827 m ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nuristani people ⓘ
surface form: Nuristanis

Pashtuns ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
formerName Chaghasarai ⓘ
hasFacility provincial governor’s office ⓘ
provincial hospital ⓘ
provincial police headquarters ⓘ
hasMilitaryBase Forward Operating Base Fiaz (historical) ⓘ
former U.S. FOB Asadabad ⓘ
historicalConflict Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification Cfa ⓘ
languageSpoken Dari ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kunar Province ⓘ
locatedInCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
locatedNear Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Durand Line

Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOn confluence of Kunar and Peche rivers ⓘ
majorityReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
partOf Kunar Province ⓘ
surface form: Kunar Valley
population ~30000 ⓘ
populationYear around 2010s ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
river Kunar River ⓘ
Peche River ⓘ
roadConnection Gilgit–Chitral road via Shandur Pass ⓘ
surface form: Chitral (via Kunar–Nuristan routes)

Jalalabad, Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Jalalabad
securityStatus frequent insurgent activity (historically) ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Kunar River valley ⓘ
proximity to Pakistan border ⓘ
surroundedBy Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush foothills
terrain mountainous ⓘ
usedBy Afghan National Army ⓘ
NATO land forces ⓘ
surface form: NATO forces
UTCOffset +4:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Afghanistan → hasMajorCity → Asadabad ⓘ
Kunar Province → hasCapital → Asadabad ⓘ
Kunar River → passesNear → Asadabad ⓘ