Balakot

E266750
Town

Balakot is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its scenic Kaghan Valley gateway location and as the epicenter of the devastating 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Balakot canonical 10
Balakot airstrike standoff (2019) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Town ⓘ
climate Humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 34.55°N 73.35°E ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent 2005-10-08 ⓘ
distanceTo Mansehra ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 995 metres ⓘ
geologicalSetting Near Main Boundary Thrust zone ⓘ
hasBridgeOver Kunhar River ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Local schools rebuilt after 2005 earthquake ⓘ
hasHealthcareFacility Local hospital/health centers ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Kaghan Valley ⓘ
Kunhar River viewpoints ⓘ
Shogran (nearby hill station) ⓘ
knownFor 2005 Kashmir earthquake epicenter vicinity ⓘ
Gateway to Kaghan Valley ⓘ
Scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ
Tourism ⓘ
languageSpoken Hindko ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
localGovernmentType Tehsil-level administration ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Mansehra District ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas foothills ⓘ
locatedInRegion Kaghan Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Mansehra ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kunhar River ⓘ
maximumMercalliIntensityAtEvent X (Extreme) ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Abbottabad ⓘ
Mansehra ⓘ
partOf Balakot Tehsil ⓘ
Hazara ⓘ
surface form: Hazara region

Pakistan-administered Kashmir earthquake-affected zone ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity Agriculture ⓘ
Tourism ⓘ
Trade ⓘ
reconstructionAfter 2005 Kashmir earthquake ⓘ
reconstructionLedBy Government of Pakistan ⓘ
reconstructionSupportedBy International aid agencies ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
riskFactor Seismic risk ⓘ
roadAccessVia Kaghan–Naran road ⓘ
surface form: Mansehra–Naran–Jalkhad–Chilas Road
significantEvent 2005 Kashmir earthquake ⓘ
touristSeason Summer ⓘ
transportMode Road transport ⓘ
UTCoffset +05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Mansehra → locatedNear → Balakot ⓘ
Hazara Division → containsSettlement → Balakot ⓘ
Kaghan Valley → hasTown → Balakot ⓘ
Hazara → hasTown → Balakot ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-30MKI → usedInConflict → Balakot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balakot airstrike standoff (2019)
Kunhar River → flowsThrough → Balakot ⓘ
Kunhar River → hasNearbySettlement → Balakot ⓘ
Shogran → hasNearbyPlace → Balakot ⓘ
Kaghan → near → Balakot ⓘ
Jared → roadAccessFrom → Balakot ⓘ
2005 Kashmir earthquake → worstHitTown → Balakot ⓘ