Chaman

E160472

Chaman is a Pakistani border town in Balochistan that serves as a major transit point for trade and travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Chaman canonical 16

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border town
human settlement
populated place
borderCrossingType road border crossing
borderWith Kandahar Province
Spin Boldak
climate semi-arid climate
continent Asia
country Pakistan
currency Pakistani rupee
economicActivity informal cross-border commerce
transport services
wholesale trade
governedBy Government of Balochistan
hasApproximateElevation about 1300 metres above sea level
hasBorderCheckpoint Friendship Gate
hasBorderCrossingWith Afghanistan
hasFunction border trade hub
customs checkpoint
transport hub
isMajorTransitPointFor trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan
travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan
languageUsed Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Balochistan
Killa Abdullah District
locatedInCountry Pakistan
locatedInGeographicalFeature Balochistan Plateau
locatedInRegion Balochistan
locatedNorthOf Quetta
locatedOnBorderWith Afghanistan
locatedSouthOf Kandahar
nearbyCity Spin Boldak
nearbyCountry Afghanistan
partOf Balochistan
Killa Abdullah District
Pakistan
policeJurisdiction Balochistan Police
railConnectionTo Kandahar (historically planned)
linked to: Kandahar

Quetta
roadConnectionTo Kandahar
Quetta
securityManagedBy Frontier Corps Balochistan
strategicImportance gateway between Central Asia and South Asia
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
usedFor cross-border trade
cross-border travel
utcOffset +05:00

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