Chagai, Balochistan

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administrative territorial entity district

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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Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity →
district →
administrativeDivisionOf Islamic Republic of Pakistan →
borderRegion Afghanistan–Pakistan border →
Iran–Pakistan border →
bordersWith Afghanistan →
Iran →
capital Dalbandin →
characteristic remote →
contains Chagai Hills →
Ras Koh Hills →
country Pakistan →
countryCode PK →
eventYear 1998 →
geologicalFeature desert areas →
mountain ranges →
hasBorderCharacteristic international border district →
hasEvent 1998 Pakistani nuclear tests →
hasGovernmentType district administration →
hasHistoricalSignificance site of Pakistan’s first public nuclear tests →
hasMajorLocalLanguage Balochi →
Brahui →
hasNameInEnglish Chagai District →
hasNameInUrdu ضلع چاغی →
hasOfficialLanguage Urdu →
hasSecurityStatus high-security area around test sites →
hasSettlementType district →
knownFor Chagai-I nuclear test series →
Chagai-II nuclear test series →
Pakistan nuclear tests of 1998 →
locatedIn 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 Balochistan Province →
partOfCountrySubdivision Balochistan Province, Pakistan →
strategicImportance border security →
nuclear test site →
subdivisionType district of Balochistan →
terrain mountainous →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ras Koh Hills ("Chagai District, Balochistan") →
countrySubdivision
Chagai District ("ضلع چاغی") →
hasNameInUrdu
Pakistan →
nuclearTestSite
Pakistan nuclear weapons program ("Ras Koh Hills, Chagai District, Balochistan") →
testSite
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