Chagai

E31974
administrative territorial entity district

Chagai is a district in western Balochistan, Pakistan, known for its arid desert landscape and for being the site of Pakistan’s 1998 nuclear tests.

Aliases (9)

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity →
district →
administrativeCenter Dalbandin →
border Afghanistan →
Iran →
contains Ras Koh Hills →
surface form: "Chagai Hills"

Dalbandin →
Ras Koh Hills →
Saindak area →
Taftan →
continent Asia →
country Pakistan →
countryCode PK →
hasBorderCrossing Taftan border crossing →
hasClimate arid →
desert climate →
hasEconomicActivity livestock grazing →
mining →
small-scale trade →
hasEvent Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998 →
surface form: "1998 Pakistan nuclear tests"
hasLandscape arid desert →
mountainous areas →
hasNaturalResource chromite →
coal →
copper →
gold →
marble →
hasSettlementType rural →
hasTerrain mountain ranges →
rocky deserts →
knownFor Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998 →
surface form: "Chagai-I nuclear test"

Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998 →
surface form: "Chagai-II nuclear test"

Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998 →
languageUsed Balochi →
Brahui people →
surface form: "Brahui"

Urdu language →
surface form: "Urdu"
locatedIn Balochistan, Pakistan →
surface form: "Balochistan"

Chagai →
surface form: "Chagai Division"

Balochistan, Pakistan →
surface form: "western Balochistan"
locatedInRegion Iranian plateau →
surface form: "Baluchistan Plateau"
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time →
locatedNear Sistan and Baluchestan Province →
majorReligion Islam →
nuclearTestSite Ras Koh Hills →
surface form: "Chagai Hills"

Ras Koh Hills →
partOf Balochistan, Pakistan →
surface form: "Balochistan Province"
roadConnection Quetta–Taftan Highway →
utcOffset +05:00 →

Referenced by (12)

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

this entity surface form: "Chagai-I"
this entity surface form: "Chagai-II"
this entity surface form: "Chagai-I"
Dalbandin → isNear → Chagai →
this entity surface form: "Chagai nuclear testing sites"
Chagai District → knownFor → Chagai →
this entity surface form: "Chagai Hills nuclear test site"
Chagai → locatedIn → Chagai →
subject surface form: "Chagai District"
this entity surface form: "Chagai Division"
Ras Koh Hills → partOf → Chagai →
this entity surface form: "Chagai region"
this entity surface form: "Chagai-II"
this entity surface form: "Chagai region"
this entity surface form: "Chagai-I test site"
this entity surface form: "Chagai-II test site"