Wakhan District

E397969

administrative division district

Wakhan District is a remote, mountainous district in northeastern Afghanistan that encompasses the narrow Wakhan Corridor between Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Wakhan District canonical	4
Wakhan region	2
Wakhan Valley (nearby sections)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ district ⓘ
accessibility	difficult to access ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Qala-e Panja ⓘ
borderFeature	separates Afghanistan from Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan ⓘ separates Afghanistan from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan ⓘ separates Afghanistan from Xinjiang, China ⓘ
borders	China ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
borderType	international border ⓘ
climate	alpine ⓘ cold ⓘ
contains	Wakhan Corridor ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
crossedByRiver	Panj River ⓘ Wakhan River ⓘ
economicActivity	pastoralism ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
geography	mountainous ⓘ remote ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Kyrgyz people ⓘ Wakhi ⓘ surface form: Wakhi people
hasMajorReligion	Islam ⓘ
hasMinorityReligion	Ismaili Shia ⓘ surface form: Ismaili Islam
hasProtectedArea	Wakhan National Park ⓘ
historicalContext	part of the Great Game buffer between Russian and British empires ⓘ
languageSpoken	Dari ⓘ Kyrgyz ⓘ Wakhi ⓘ
locatedIn	Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Badakhshan Province northeastern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange	Hindu Kush ⓘ Pamir Mountains ⓘ
notableFor	remote high-altitude communities ⓘ scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ trekking and mountaineering potential ⓘ
partOf	Wakhan District self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wakhan region
populationCharacteristic	sparsely populated ⓘ
regionType	corridor ⓘ
strategicFeature	connects Central Asia and South Asia ⓘ historical buffer zone ⓘ
terrain	high mountains ⓘ narrow valley ⓘ
timeZone	Afghanistan Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	limited roads ⓘ
utcOffset	+4:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Wakhan Corridor → administrativeDistrict → Wakhan District ⓘ

Wakhan Corridor → nameDerivedFrom → Wakhan District ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wakhan region

Sanglechi → spokenIn → Wakhan District ⓘ

Pamir Highway → passesAlong → Wakhan District ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wakhan Valley (nearby sections)

Afghanistan–China border → borderRegionOnAfghanSide → Wakhan District ⓘ

Wakhan District → partOf → Wakhan District self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wakhan region

Wakhan River → locatedIn → Wakhan District ⓘ