Bisham

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Bisham is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known as a key stop along the Karakoram Highway and a gateway to the mountainous northern regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Besham 1
Bisham canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Human settlement ⓘ
Town ⓘ
administrativeRole Tehsil headquarters in Shangla District ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
hasClimate Humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasNearbyDestination Chilas ⓘ
Gilgit ⓘ
Hunza Valley ⓘ
Skardu ⓘ
hasRoadJunction Junction for routes towards Swat and Shangla ⓘ
hasRole Transit hub for northern areas of Pakistan ⓘ
hasService Fuel stations for Karakoram Highway traffic ⓘ
Restaurants for travelers ⓘ
Vehicle repair workshops ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure Bus terminals ⓘ
Roadside hotels and rest houses ⓘ
knownFor Gateway to northern mountainous regions of Pakistan ⓘ
Key stop along the Karakoram Highway ⓘ
languageUsed Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Shangla District ⓘ
locatedInMountainRangeRegion Himalayan foothills ⓘ
Karakoram region ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram
locatedInRegion Northern Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: northern Pakistan
locatedNear Indus River ⓘ
locatedOn Karakoram Highway ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity Hospitality for travelers ⓘ
Trade ⓘ
Transport services ⓘ
partOf Malakand Division ⓘ
regionType Mountainous region gateway ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Connected to Gilgit-Baltistan via Karakoram Highway ⓘ
Connected to Islamabad via Karakoram Highway ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Alpuri Valley → locatedNear → Besham ⓘ
linked to: Bisham