Amarkot

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Amarkot is an alternative name for Umarkot, a historic town and district in the Sindh province of Pakistan known for its cultural and Mughal-era significance.

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Amarkot canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Umarkot District ⓘ
administrativeStatus tehsil headquarters ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Umarkot ⓘ
contains Umarkot Fort ⓘ
coordinateLocation approx. 25.36°N 69.74°E ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culturalHeritage Mughal-era architecture ⓘ
Rajput heritage ⓘ
Sindhi folk traditions ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic significant Hindu minority ⓘ
ethnicGroup Rajput communities ⓘ
linked to: Rajputs

Sindhi people ⓘ
Thari people ⓘ
governingBody local municipal administration of Umarkot ⓘ
hasClimate arid climate ⓘ
hasFort Umarkot Fort ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Mirpur Khas ⓘ
Sanghar ⓘ
Tharparkar (Mithi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic town ⓘ
historicalEvent Akbar born in Umarkot Fort in 1542 ⓘ
historicalRegion Rajasthan cultural area ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of refuge for Humayun before Akbar’s birth ⓘ
knownFor Mughal-era history ⓘ
birthplace of Mughal emperor Akbar ⓘ
languageUsed Dhatki ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Sindh ⓘ
southeastern Sindh ⓘ
southern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Umarkot District ⓘ
linked to: Larkana District
locatedInSubcontinentRegion South Asia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Thar Desert ⓘ
partOf Thar region ⓘ
region Lower Sindh ⓘ
linked to: Sindh
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
rulerInHistory Rana of Umarkot ⓘ
touristAttraction Umarkot Fort ⓘ
transportConnection road links to Hyderabad (Sindh) ⓘ
road links to Mirpur Khas ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ

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

Umarkot → hasNameVariant → Amarkot ⓘ