Chicken’s Neck

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Chicken’s Neck is a narrow strategic corridor in India that connects the country’s northeastern states to the rest of the mainland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chicken’s Neck canonical 2

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
strategic corridor ⓘ
administeredBy Government of West Bengal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siliguri Corridor ⓘ
approximateWidth about 20 to 25 kilometers at narrowest point ⓘ
bordersCountry Bangladesh ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
connects Northeastern states of India ⓘ
mainland India ⓘ
connectsToRegion Seven Sister States of Northeast India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India

Sikkim ⓘ
controlledBy Government of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance close to Doklam plateau area ⓘ
lies close to India-China-Bhutan trijunction region ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
locatedInState West Bengal ⓘ
namedAfter Siliguri ⓘ
nearbyRiver Mahananda River ⓘ
Teesta River ⓘ
nearCity Siliguri ⓘ
partOf eastern India ⓘ
regionType land corridor ⓘ
securityConcernFor India ⓘ
strategicImportance connects northeastern India to rest of India ⓘ
critical for movement of people and goods to Northeast India ⓘ
linked to: Siliguri Corridor

vital for military logistics to northeastern India ⓘ
threatScenario potential vulnerability in event of military conflict ⓘ
transportCorridorFor National Highway routes to Northeast India ⓘ
major railway lines to Northeast India ⓘ
usedFor energy supply routes ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
telecommunications links ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Siliguri → locatedOnTransportCorridor → Chicken’s Neck ⓘ
Siliguri Corridor → alsoKnownAs → Chicken’s Neck ⓘ