Kurram District

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Kurram District is an administrative district in northwestern Pakistan, located along the Afghan border and known for its strategically important Kurram Valley and ethnically diverse population.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
district ⓘ
administrativeCenter Parachinar ⓘ
borderCrossingArea Kurram Valley ⓘ
borderRegion Durand Line ⓘ
borders Afghanistan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
geographicalFeature fertile valley ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
governedBy Deputy Commissioner ⓘ
hasAgricultureProduct fruits ⓘ
maize ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bangash ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Turi ⓘ
hasMajorTown Alizai ⓘ
Parachinar ⓘ
Sadda ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam
hasSecurityIssue militancy ⓘ
sectarian conflict ⓘ
hasTehsil Central Kurram Tehsil ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District

Lower Kurram Tehsil ⓘ
Upper Kurram Tehsil ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
hasValley Kurram Valley ⓘ
knownFor Kurram Valley ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
languageSpoken Pashto ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
partOf Kohat Division ⓘ
former Federally Administered Tribal Areas ⓘ
sharesBorderWithProvince Nangarhar Province ⓘ
Paktia Province ⓘ
strategicFor Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
strategicReason access route between Pakistan and central Afghanistan ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy Kurram River ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ
valleyNameEtymology named after Kurram River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Kohat Division → containsDistrict → Kurram District ⓘ
Khyber District → borderWith → Kurram District ⓘ
Karlani → hasRegion → Kurram District ⓘ
Kurram Agency → mergedInto → Kurram District ⓘ
Hangu District → borderedBy → Kurram District ⓘ
Hangu → borderingArea → Kurram region ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
Parachinar → isAdministrativeCenterOf → Kurram District ⓘ
Parachinar → isCapitalOf → Kurram District ⓘ
Parachinar → governingBody → District administration of Kurram ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
Tirah region → borderingRegion → Kurram region ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
Paktia Province → borders → Kurram District ⓘ
Kurram District → hasTehsil → Upper Kurram Tehsil ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
Kurram District → hasTehsil → Central Kurram Tehsil ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
Zadran tribe → locatedIn → Kurram District ⓘ
Afridi → notableArea → Kurram region ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
Orakzai → borderingRegion → Kurram District ⓘ
Turi → locatedIn → Kurram District ⓘ
Mangal → region → Kurram District ⓘ
Jaji → locatedIn → Kurram District ⓘ
Zazai → locatedIn → Kurram District ⓘ
Ormur people → region → Kurram District ⓘ
Kurram Valley → partOf → Kurram District ⓘ
Peiwar Kotal → near → Kurram District ⓘ
Orakzai tribe → borderRegion → Kurram District ⓘ
Kalaya → nearBorderWith → Kurram District ⓘ
Alizai → locatedIn → Kurram District ⓘ
Alizai → governedBy → Kurram District administration ⓘ
linked to: Kurram District
Turi tribe → locatedIn → Kurram District ⓘ
Lower Kurram Tehsil → partOf → Kurram District ⓘ
Lower Kurram Tehsil → administrativeUnitOf → Kurram District ⓘ
Spīn Ghar → locatedIn → Kurram District ⓘ