Zhob District
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Zhob District is an administrative district in northern Balochistan, Pakistan, known for its predominantly Pashtun population and strategic location near the Afghan border.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhob Division | 1 |
| Zhob district | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | district ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Zhob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeUnitOf |
Government of Balochistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Government of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderWith | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| governedBy | Deputy Commissioner of Zhob District ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeStatus | district of Balochistan Province ⓘ |
| hasBorderRole |
border security
ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Zhob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion | Pashtun belt of Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDemographicFeature | high proportion of Pashtun speakers ⓘ |
| hasEthnicMajority | Pashtun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalName | Fort Sandeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
livestock ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ |
| hasMinorityLanguage |
Balochi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | predominantly rural ⓘ |
| hasPredominantTribe | Pashtun tribes ⓘ |
| hasReligionMajority | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
Dera Ismail Khan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quetta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSecuritySignificance |
border management
ⓘ
counter-insurgency operations ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Zhob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrategicLocation | near Afghan border ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
mountainous
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Balochistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Balochistan ⓘ |
| locatedInBorderRegion | Pakistan–Afghanistan border area ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western Pakistan ⓘ |
| locatedInSubregion | northern Balochistan region ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Afghan border ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pakistani plateau ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Zhob River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Balochistan Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Zhob River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zhob Division
this entity surface form:
Zhob district