Asadabad

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Asadabad is a small but strategically important city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Kunar Province near the Pakistani border.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Asadabad canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeRole district center of Asadabad District ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
borderCrossingRole gateway to Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
borderProximity near Pakistani border ⓘ
capitalOf Kunar Province ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 34.8667°N 71.1500°E ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~827 m ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nuristanis ⓘ
linked to: Nuristani people

Pashtuns ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
formerName Chaghasarai ⓘ
hasFacility provincial governor’s office ⓘ
provincial hospital ⓘ
provincial police headquarters ⓘ
hasMilitaryBase Forward Operating Base Fiaz (historical) ⓘ
former U.S. FOB Asadabad ⓘ
historicalConflict Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification Cfa ⓘ
languageSpoken Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kunar Province ⓘ
locatedInCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
locatedNear Durand Line ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOn confluence of Kunar and Peche rivers ⓘ
majorityReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
partOf Kunar Valley ⓘ
linked to: Kunar Province
population ~30000 ⓘ
populationYear around 2010s ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
river Kunar River ⓘ
Peche River ⓘ
roadConnection Chitral (via Kunar–Nuristan routes) ⓘ
Jalalabad ⓘ
securityStatus frequent insurgent activity (historically) ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Kunar River valley ⓘ
proximity to Pakistan border ⓘ
surroundedBy Hindu Kush foothills ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush
terrain mountainous ⓘ
usedBy Afghan National Army ⓘ
NATO forces ⓘ
linked to: NATO land forces
UTCOffset +4:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kunar Province → hasCapital → Asadabad ⓘ
Kunar River → passesNear → Asadabad ⓘ
Pech Valley → hasSettlement → Asadabad ⓘ
Kunar Valley → hasSettlement → Asadabad ⓘ
Forward Operating Base Fiaz → locatedNear → Asadabad ⓘ
Former U.S. FOB Asadabad → locatedIn → Asadabad ⓘ
subject linked to: former U.S. FOB Asadabad
Chaghasarai → hasModernName → Asadabad ⓘ