Kamdesh area

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The Kamdesh area is a remote mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province, traditionally inhabited by Nuristani communities such as the Kam people.

All labels observed (3)

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Kamdesh 1
Kamdesh area canonical 1
Kamdeshi 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
mountainous region
borderingRegion Kunar Province
Pakistan
characteristic remote
climate continental mountain climate
country Afghanistan
ethnolinguisticRegionOf Nuristani people
surface form: Nuristani peoples
hasCountrySubdivision Nuristan Province
hasEthnicGroup Kam people
Nuristani people
hasMajorSettlement Kamdesh area self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kamdesh
historicalReligion pre-Islamic Nuristani beliefs
inhabitedBy Kam people
Nuristani people
knownFor relative isolation
rugged terrain
languageGroupSpoken Nuristani languages
locatedIn Nuristan Province
Eastern Afghanistan
surface form: eastern Afghanistan
locatedInMountainRange Hindu Kush
locatedInSubregion Nuristan Province
surface form: eastern Nuristan
locatedInTimeZone Afghanistan Time
locatedOnRiver Landai Sin River
partOf Nuristan Province
primaryReligion Islam
regionType remote mountainous region
terrain mountainous
traditionalInhabitants Kam people
Nuristani people
surface form: Nuristani communities

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Referenced by (3)

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

Kamviri language spokenIn Kamdesh area
Kati language hasDialect Kamdesh area
this entity surface form: Kamdeshi
Kamdesh area hasMajorSettlement Kamdesh area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kamdesh