Hairatan

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Hairatan is a strategic border town in northern Afghanistan that serves as a key trade and transport hub linking the country with Uzbekistan across the Amu Darya River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border town
town
administrativeDivision Hairatan town NERFINISHED
bordersCountry Uzbekistan NERFINISHED
borderType river border
connectedByRailTo Mazar-i-Sharif NERFINISHED
Termez NERFINISHED
connectedByRoadTo Mazar-i-Sharif NERFINISHED
connectsToCity Termez NERFINISHED
connectsToCountry Uzbekistan NERFINISHED
country Afghanistan
distanceToMazar-i-Sharif_km approximately 75 GENERATED
geopoliticalSignificance key crossing on Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border
link between Afghanistan and Central Asia
hasBorderCheckpointName Hairatan border crossing NERFINISHED
hasBorderCrossingWith Uzbekistan NERFINISHED
hasBridge Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge NERFINISHED
hasCargoFacilities yes
hasCustomsFacilities yes
hasEconomicActivity customs brokerage
trade
transport services
warehousing
hasRailTerminal yes
hasTransportInfrastructure highway
railway
hasTransportRole key trade hub
key transport hub
isPartOf Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED
languageMajority Dari Persian NERFINISHED
Uzbek NERFINISHED
locatedIn Balkh Province NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion northern Afghanistan NERFINISHED
locatedOnBorderFeature Amu Darya River GENERATED
locatedOnRiver Amu Darya NERFINISHED
nearbyMajorCity Mazar-i-Sharif NERFINISHED
partOfTradeCorridor Central Asia–South Asia trade routes NERFINISHED
Northern Corridor of Afghanistan NERFINISHED
religionMajority Islam
strategicImportance key logistics node for Central Asia–Afghanistan trade
major gateway for Afghan imports and exports
timezone UTC+4:30
usedFor construction materials imports
foodstuffs imports
fuel imports
transit of humanitarian aid

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