Landi Kotal

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Landi Kotal is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber District, historically significant as a key trading and military post near the Khyber Pass on the route to Afghanistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Landi Kotal canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
borderFunction gateway to Afghanistan via Khyber Pass ⓘ
climate semi-arid highland climate ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
economy border trade ⓘ
local commerce ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
elevation high-altitude town in Khyber Pass ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
governedBy Khyber District administration ⓘ
linked to: Khyber District
hasFeature checkpoints and security installations ⓘ
markets serving cross-border traders ⓘ
hasNearbyBorderCrossing Torkham border crossing ⓘ
linked to: Torkham
hasTransportInfrastructure road link to Peshawar ⓘ
road link to Torkham border ⓘ
historicallyServedBy Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

Great Game era ⓘ
linked to: Great Game
historicalRole key trading post on route to Afghanistan ⓘ
military post on Khyber Pass ⓘ
languageUsed Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Khyber Pass region ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pass
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber District ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
former Federally Administered Tribal Areas ⓘ
locatedNear Afghanistan ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ
Torkham ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute Khyber Pass ⓘ
militarySignificance former British colonial garrison point ⓘ
strategic post in Khyber Pass defenses ⓘ
onTradeRoute historic route between Peshawar and Kabul ⓘ
partOf Khyber District ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
region northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
regionType tribal and mountainous area ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roadDistanceTo Peshawar ⓘ
Torkham ⓘ
securityStatus sensitive border area ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access between Pakistan and Afghanistan ⓘ
timezone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalTribalAreaOf Afridi tribe ⓘ
usedFor military logistics ⓘ
trade between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Torkham → nearbySettlement → Landi Kotal ⓘ
Khyber District → hasTown → Landi Kotal ⓘ
Khyber Pass Railway → endStation → Landi Kotal ⓘ
Khyber Pass Railway → notableStation → Landi Kotal ⓘ