Juglot

E383398

Juglot is a small town in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, known for its strategic location near the confluence of major rivers and as a junction on the Karakoram Highway.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Juglot canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
climate cold semi-arid climate
connectsTo Chilas
Gilgit
Skardu
country Pakistan
countryCallingCode +92
elevation approximately 1400–1600 metres above sea level
governedAs part of Gilgit District local administration
hasFunction military and logistical waypoint
roadside service centre on Karakoram Highway
hasLanguage Shina
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
hasReligion Islam
hasStrategicLocation near confluence of major rivers
locatedIn Indus River basin
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gilgit District
Gilgit-Baltistan
locatedInGeopoliticalRegion disputed Kashmir region administered by Pakistan
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram
locatedInRegion northern Pakistan
surface form: Northern Pakistan
locatedInValley Indus Valley
locatedNear Gilgit
Skardu Road
surface form: Skardu Road junction

confluence of Indus River and Gilgit River
locatedOn Karakoram Highway
locatedOnRiver Indus River
nearbyMajorCity Gilgit
nearbyRiver Gilgit River
Indus River
partOf Karakoram Highway
surface form: Karakoram Highway network
primaryEconomicActivity small-scale trade
subsistence agriculture
transport services
regionType mountainous
roadDistanceToGilgit approximately 45–55 kilometres
roadJunctionOf routes connecting Gilgit and Skardu
strategicImportance access point to upper Indus regions
junction for routes to Gilgit and Baltistan
terrain river terraces
steep rocky slopes
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
transportCorridor China–Pakistan trade route via Karakoram Highway
utcOffset +05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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