Gwadar

E74299

city deep-sea port port city

Gwadar is a strategic deep-sea port city in southwestern Pakistan that serves as a key maritime hub on the Arabian Sea and a central component of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → deep-sea port → port city →
administeredBy	Gwadar District →
capitalOf	Gwadar District →
climate	hot desert climate →
connectedBy	Makran Coastal Highway →
connectedTo	Karachi → Khunjerab Pass → Quetta NERFINISHED →
coordinates	approximately 25.1264°N 62.3220°E →
country	Pakistan →
countryCapitalType	district headquarters →
developmentPartner	China →
ethnicGroup	Baloch →
governingCountrySince	1958 →
hasInfrastructureProject	East Bay Expressway NERFINISHED → Gwadar Free Zone → Gwadar International Airport →
hasPort	Gwadar Port →
historicalControl	Oman →
locatedIn	Balochistan NERFINISHED → southwestern Pakistan →
locatedOn	Arabian Sea → Gwadar Bay → Makran Coast →
majorEconomicActivity	fishing → port operations → trade →
near	Strait of Hormuz →
partOf	Belt and Road Initiative → China–Pakistan Economic Corridor →
populationEstimate	tens of thousands →
portOperator	Chinese state-linked companies →
portType	deep-sea port →
primaryLanguage	Balochi → Urdu →
province	Balochistan NERFINISHED →
region	Makran →
religion	Islam →
returnedTo	Pakistan in 1958 →
roleIn	central component of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor → key maritime hub on the Arabian Sea →
strategicImportance	access point for western China to Arabian Sea → node in Belt and Road Initiative → proximity to Strait of Hormuz →
timeZone	Pakistan Standard Time →
utcOffset	+5 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gulf of Oman ("Port of Gwadar") → Gwadar ("Gwadar Port") →	hasPort
Gwadar ("Gwadar District") →	administeredBy
Gwadar ("Gwadar District") →	capitalOf
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ("Gwadar Port") →	endPoint
Arabian Sea →	hasMajorPort