Sost

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Sost is a village in northern Pakistan’s Hunza region that serves as a key border town and trade gateway on the Karakoram Highway near the China–Pakistan border.

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Label Occurrences
Sost canonical 10

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf village ⓘ
administrativeUnit Upper Hunza (Gojal) ⓘ
linked to: Upper Hunza
borderWith China ⓘ
climate cold mountain climate ⓘ
connectsTo Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
Tashkurgan (via Karakoram Highway) ⓘ
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
country Pakistan ⓘ
distanceToKhunjerabPass about 53 miles ⓘ
about 85 kilometres ⓘ
economicActivity border trade ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
elevation approximately 2800 metres ⓘ
approximately 9200 feet ⓘ
hasBorderFacility Pakistan–China border customs station ⓘ
hasBorderPost Sust Dry Port ⓘ
hasFunction customs clearance point for Pakistan–China trade ⓘ
transit hub for goods between Pakistan and China ⓘ
hasInfrastructure customs offices ⓘ
immigration offices ⓘ
truck terminal ⓘ
warehouses ⓘ
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Hunza District ⓘ
northern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram ⓘ
locatedOn Karakoram Highway ⓘ
near China–Pakistan border ⓘ
otherLanguage Burushaski ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
partOf Hunza Valley ⓘ
primaryLanguage Wakhi ⓘ
religion Ismaili Islam (majority) ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
roadLink connected by road to Gilgit ⓘ
connected by road to Karimabad ⓘ
role border town ⓘ
trade gateway ⓘ
servesAs last major town in Pakistan on Karakoram Highway before China ⓘ
strategicImportance key node on China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ⓘ
timezone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ

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