Chagai, Balochistan

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Chagai, Balochistan is a remote mountainous district in western Pakistan, internationally known as the location where Pakistan conducted its first public nuclear tests in 1998.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
district
administrativeDivisionOf Pakistan
surface form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
borderRegion Afghanistan–Pakistan border
Iran–Pakistan border
bordersWith Afghanistan
Iran
capital Dalbandin
characteristic remote
contains Ras Koh Hills
surface form: Chagai Hills

Ras Koh Hills
country Pakistan
countryCode PK
eventYear 1998
geologicalFeature desert areas
mountain ranges
hasBorderCharacteristic international border district
hasEvent Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998
surface form: 1998 Pakistani nuclear tests
hasGovernmentType district administration
hasHistoricalSignificance site of Pakistan’s first public nuclear tests
hasMajorLocalLanguage Balochi
Brahui people
surface form: Brahui
hasNameInEnglish Chagai District
hasNameInUrdu Chagai, Balochistan self-linksurface differs
surface form: ضلع چاغی
hasOfficialLanguage Urdu
hasSecurityStatus high-security area around test sites
hasSettlementType district
knownFor Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998
surface form: Chagai-I nuclear test series

Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998
surface form: Chagai-II nuclear test series

Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998
locatedIn Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
surface form: Balochistan, Pakistan

western Pakistan
locatedInRegion southwestern Asia
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedOnContinent Asia
nuclearProgramAssociation Pakistan nuclear weapons program
nuclearTestDate 1998-05-28
1998-05-30
nuclearTestSite Ras Koh Hills
partOf Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
surface form: Balochistan Province
partOfCountrySubdivision Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
surface form: Balochistan Province, Pakistan
strategicImportance border security
nuclear test site
subdivisionType district of Balochistan
terrain mountainous

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Pakistan nuclearTestSite Chagai, Balochistan
Chagai, Balochistan hasNameInUrdu Chagai, Balochistan self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Chagai District
this entity surface form: ضلع چاغی
Ras Koh Hills countrySubdivision Chagai, Balochistan
this entity surface form: Chagai District, Balochistan
Pakistan nuclear weapons program testSite Chagai, Balochistan
this entity surface form: Ras Koh Hills, Chagai District, Balochistan
Youm-e-Takbeer testSite Chagai, Balochistan
this entity surface form: Ras Koh Hills, Chagai District, Balochistan