Astore (town)

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Astore is a small town in northern Pakistan that serves as the administrative and commercial center of the mountainous Astore Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Astore 5
Astore (town) canonical 1
Astore town 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
administrativeCenterOf Astore District
Astore Valley
climateType cold semi-arid to alpine
commercialCenterOf Astore Valley
country Pakistan
governedAs de facto Pakistani-administered area
hasFunction administrative center
commercial hub
hasTerrain mountainous
valley floor
locatedIn Astore District
Astore Valley
Gilgit-Baltistan
disputed Kashmir region
northern Pakistan
northern areas of Pakistan
locatedInClimateRegion mountainous
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas
Karakoram vicinity
nearbyRiver Astore River
Indus River
otherLanguageSpoken Balti
Urdu
primaryEconomicActivity services
tourism support
trade
primaryLanguageSpoken Shina
roadAccessFrom Gilgit
Karachi via Karakoram Highway
servesAsGatewayTo Deosai National Park
surface form: Deosai Plains

Minimarg area
Rama Meadows
subdivisionName Gilgit-Baltistan
subdivisionName1 Astore District
subdivisionType territory
subdivisionType1 district
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
usedAsBaseFor access to Deosai National Park
trekking in Astore Valley
utcOffset +05:00
valley Astore Valley

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Astore Valley hasSettlement Astore (town)
Rama locatedNear Astore (town)
this entity surface form: Astore
Rama Meadows locatedNear Astore (town)
this entity surface form: Astore
Rama Meadows accessFrom Astore (town)
this entity surface form: Astore town
Deosai National Park near Astore (town)
this entity surface form: Astore
Astore District capital Astore (town)
this entity surface form: Astore
Astore District containsSettlement Astore (town)
this entity surface form: Astore