Chilas

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Chilas is a town in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, situated along the Karakoram Highway on the Indus River and serving as a key stopover for travelers heading to northern mountain destinations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chilas canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Town ⓘ
administrativeRole Headquarters of Diamer District ⓘ
climate Hot desert climate ⓘ
climateClassification BWh ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1,000 metres ⓘ
function Local trade center ⓘ
Transit stop for travelers to northern mountain destinations ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure Dams and hydropower projects on the Indus (regional) ⓘ
hasTransportFacility Bus services on Karakoram Highway ⓘ
historicalRegion Dardistan ⓘ
isOnRoute Tourist route to Fairy Meadows area ⓘ
Tourist route to Hunza Valley ⓘ
Tourist route to Skardu and Baltistan ⓘ
knownFor Rock carvings and petroglyphs along the Indus ⓘ
languageSpoken Shina ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Diamer District ⓘ
Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas (regionally adjacent) ⓘ
Karakoram (regionally adjacent) ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Nanga Parbat region ⓘ
locatedOn Karakoram Highway ⓘ
Southern bank of the Indus River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Indus River ⓘ
nearbyMajorInfrastructure Diamer-Bhasha Dam site (regional vicinity) ⓘ
partOf Diamer District ⓘ
Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
populationCharacteristic Predominantly rural surroundings ⓘ
region Northern Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: northern Pakistan
religion Islam (majority) ⓘ
riverValley Indus Valley ⓘ
roadConnection Karakoram Highway to Gilgit ⓘ
Karakoram Highway to Islamabad ⓘ
Route towards Hunza (via KKH north of Gilgit) ⓘ
Route towards Skardu (via junctions on KKH) ⓘ
roadDistanceTo Gilgit ⓘ
Islamabad ⓘ
strategicImportance Key stopover on Pakistan–China road link via KKH ⓘ
summerCharacteristic Very hot summers ⓘ
terrain Arid and rocky ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ
winterCharacteristic Mild to cool winters compared to higher valleys ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Babusar Top → accessFrom → Chilas ⓘ
Babusar Pass → connects → Chilas ⓘ
Babusar Pass → accessFrom → Chilas ⓘ
Juglot → connectsTo → Chilas ⓘ
Diamer → nearestMajorTown → Chilas ⓘ
Nanga Parbat → nearbyCity → Chilas ⓘ
subject linked to: Naked Mountain
N-35 → passesThrough → Chilas ⓘ