Kurram District

E315034
administrative district district

Kurram District is an administrative district in northwestern Pakistan, located along the Afghan border and known for its strategically important Kurram Valley and ethnically diverse population.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kurram District canonical 10
Kurram region 2
Central Kurram Tehsil 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
district ⓘ
administrativeCenter Parachinar ⓘ
borderCrossingArea Kurram Valley ⓘ
borderRegion Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Durand Line
borders Afghanistan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
geographicalFeature fertile valley ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
governedBy Deputy Commissioner ⓘ
hasAgricultureProduct fruits ⓘ
maize ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bangash ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Turi ⓘ
hasMajorTown Alizai ⓘ
Parachinar ⓘ
Sadda ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form: Shia Muslims

Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Muslims
hasSecurityIssue militancy ⓘ
sectarian conflict ⓘ
hasTehsil Kurram District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Kurram Tehsil

Lower Kurram Tehsil ⓘ
Kurram District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Kurram Tehsil
hasValley Kurram Valley ⓘ
knownFor Kurram Valley ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
languageSpoken Pashto ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
partOf Kohat Division ⓘ
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
surface form: former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
sharesBorderWithProvince Nangarhar Province ⓘ
Paktia Province ⓘ
strategicFor Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
strategicReason access route between Pakistan and central Afghanistan ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy Kurram River ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ
valleyNameEtymology named after Kurram River ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Kohat Division → containsDistrict → Kurram District ⓘ
Khyber District → borderWith → Kurram District ⓘ
Karlani → hasRegion → Kurram District ⓘ
Kurram Agency → mergedInto → Kurram District ⓘ
Kurram River → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Kurram District ⓘ
Hangu District → borderedBy → Kurram District ⓘ
Hangu → borderingArea → Kurram District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurram region
Parachinar → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Kurram District ⓘ
Parachinar → isAdministrativeCenterOf → Kurram District ⓘ
Parachinar → isCapitalOf → Kurram District ⓘ
Parachinar → governingBody → Kurram District ⓘ
this entity surface form: District administration of Kurram
Tirah region → borderingRegion → Kurram District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurram region
Paktia Province → borders → Kurram District ⓘ
Kurram District → hasTehsil → Kurram District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Kurram Tehsil
Kurram District → hasTehsil → Kurram District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kurram Tehsil