Jamrud
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Jamrud is a strategically important town in Pakistan’s Khyber District, historically serving as a gateway to the Khyber Pass and a key military and trade outpost.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jamrud canonical | 7 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fortress
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| borderProximity | near Pakistan–Afghanistan border ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| contains | Jamrud Fort ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 34.002°N 71.383°E ⓘ |
| country |
Pakistan
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| economy | trade and transport-related services ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 460 metres ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pashtuns ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Khyber District
ⓘ
surface form:
Khyber District administration
|
| hasFunction | security checkpoint for traffic through Khyber Pass ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historical military fort ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryPresence |
Frontier Corps
ⓘ
Pakistan Army ⓘ |
| hasRole |
gateway to the Khyber Pass
ⓘ
strategic military outpost ⓘ trade outpost ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
Peshawar–Jalalabad road
ⓘ
surface form:
Peshawar–Torkham Highway
Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ
surface form:
historic Khyber Railway (partly defunct)
|
| historicalSignificance |
key point on the route between the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan
ⓘ
strategic frontier town of the British Raj ⓘ |
| integratedInto |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ⓘ
surface form:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
|
| integrationDate |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
ⓘ
surface form:
2018 FATA–Khyber Pakhtunkhwa merger
|
| languageUsed |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| locatedIn |
Jamrud
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Khyber Pass gateway ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Khyber District
ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange |
Safed Koh
ⓘ
Spin Ghar ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Khyber Pass
ⓘ
surface form:
Khyber Pass area
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Peshawar Valley ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Peshawar
ⓘ
Torkham ⓘ |
| locatedOnTransportRoute |
Khyber Pass
ⓘ
historic route between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ |
| nearbyRiver | Kabul River ⓘ |
| partOf |
North-West Frontier region
ⓘ
surface form:
Khyber tribal region
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
surface form:
former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
|
| regionType | borderland ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of access to Khyber Pass
ⓘ
military logistics hub for operations near Afghan border ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.