Salang Pass

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mountain pass road tunnel transport corridor

Salang Pass is a high mountain pass in Afghanistan that serves as a crucial transport route through the Hindu Kush, linking the capital Kabul with the country's northern regions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Salang Tunnel	0
Salang Highway	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ road tunnel ⓘ transport corridor ⓘ
climate	alpine ⓘ
connects	Kabul ⓘ northern Afghanistan ⓘ
constructedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ Afghanistan ⓘ
elevation	approximately 12724 feet ⓘ approximately 3878 metres ⓘ
function	key economic lifeline for Afghanistan ⓘ
geologicalSetting	Hindu Kush ⓘ surface form: Hindu Kush mountain range
hasIssue	aging infrastructure ⓘ need for rehabilitation ⓘ
hasStructure	Salang Tunnel ⓘ
hazard	landslides ⓘ traffic accidents ⓘ
historicalEra	Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
importanceDuring	Afghan civil wars ⓘ
isOnRoute	Kabul–Mazar-i-Sharif road ⓘ
length	approximately 2.6 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Hindu Kush ⓘ Salang Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
maintainedBy	Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Afghan government
nearbyCity	Charikar ⓘ Jabal Saraj ⓘ
opened	1964 ⓘ
openedToTraffic	1964 ⓘ
partOf	Salang Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salang Highway
previousMainRoute	Khyber Pass via Pakistan ⓘ
reducedTravelTimeBetween	Kabul and northern Afghanistan ⓘ
reducedTravelTimeVia	avoiding older passes over Hindu Kush ⓘ
region	Baghlan Province ⓘ Parwan Province ⓘ
roadSurface	paved ⓘ
roadType	highway pass ⓘ
seasonalRestriction	occasional winter closures ⓘ
strategicImportance	links Kabul to northern provinces ⓘ main north–south route in Afghanistan ⓘ
traffic	bus traffic ⓘ heavy truck traffic ⓘ
usedDuring	Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
usedFor	civilian transport ⓘ military transport ⓘ trade ⓘ
winterConditions	frequent avalanches ⓘ heavy snowfall ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Salang Pass → locatedIn → Salang Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Salang Tunnel

Salang Pass → partOf → Salang Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salang Highway

Hindu Kush → passesInclude → Salang Pass ⓘ