Shandur Polo Ground

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Shandur Polo Ground is a high-altitude polo field in northern Pakistan, famous for hosting the annual Shandur Polo Festival often called the “highest polo ground in the world.”

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Label Occurrences
Shandur Polo Ground canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf polo ground ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
access mountain road ⓘ
climate cold mountain climate ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Chitral region

Gilgit ⓘ
surface form: Gilgit region
distanceFrom approximately midway between Chitral and Gilgit ⓘ
elevation approximately 12000 feet above sea level ⓘ
approximately 3700 metres above sea level ⓘ
eventFrequency annual ⓘ
festivalIncludes camping for visitors ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
freestyle polo matches ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
governingSportBody local polo associations of Chitral and Gilgit ⓘ
hasFeature open-air seating on surrounding slopes ⓘ
temporary festival infrastructure ⓘ
heritageStatus informal cultural heritage site ⓘ
hosts Shandur Polo Festival ⓘ
knownFor Shandur Polo Festival ⓘ
high-altitude polo ⓘ
locatedIn Shandur Pass ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Chitral District ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNear Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
mainParticipants Chitral polo teams ⓘ
Gilgit polo teams ⓘ
mediaCoverage covered by Pakistani national media during festival ⓘ
nickname highest polo ground in the world ⓘ
partOf Shandur Pass ⓘ
surface form: Shandur Pass plateau
riskFactor altitude-related health issues for visitors ⓘ
seasonalAccessibility mainly accessible in summer ⓘ
spectatorType international tourists ⓘ
local tourists ⓘ
sport polo ⓘ
surroundedBy Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush mountains
terrain natural grass field ⓘ
tourismActivity camping ⓘ
cultural festival attendance ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
typicalEventMonth July ⓘ
usedSince early 20th century (traditional polo) ⓘ
visibility prominent destination in Pakistan’s adventure tourism ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Chitral District → hasAttraction → Shandur Polo Ground ⓘ
Shandur Pass → hasFeature → Shandur Polo Ground ⓘ
Shandur Lake → nearbyAttraction → Shandur Polo Ground ⓘ