Kajaki

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Kajaki is a town and district in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, known for its strategic dam and as a focal point of intense military conflict during the Afghan War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kajaki canonical 9

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCenter Kajaki ⓘ
builtBy United States ⓘ
conflict Taliban insurgency ⓘ
War in Afghanistan ⓘ
constructionStart 1950s ⓘ
contestedBy Afghan National Security Forces ⓘ
International Security Assistance Force ⓘ
United Kingdom forces ⓘ
linked to: British forces

United States forces ⓘ
controlledBy Taliban ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
Afghanistan ⓘ
Afghanistan ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
hasFeature Kajaki Dam ⓘ
hasPart Kajaki Dam ⓘ
knownFor Kajaki Dam ⓘ
intense military conflict during the War in Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedIn Helmand Province ⓘ
Helmand Province ⓘ
Helmand Province ⓘ
Kajaki ⓘ
southern Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf Kajaki District ⓘ
populationEstimate several thousand inhabitants ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroups Pashtuns ⓘ
primaryLanguages Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
provinceCapitalDistance north of Lashkar Gah ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
river Helmand River ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access routes in northern Helmand ⓘ
control of hydroelectric power ⓘ
control of water resources ⓘ
electricity supply for Helmand Province ⓘ
irrigation for Helmand River valley ⓘ
timeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
utcOffset +4:30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Battle of Kajaki → location → Kajaki ⓘ
Helmand River → passesNear → Kajaki ⓘ
Kajaki District → hasCapital → Kajaki ⓘ
Kajaki Dam → locatedIn → Kajaki ⓘ
subject linked to: Kajaki
Kajaki District → administrativeCenter → Kajaki ⓘ
subject linked to: Kajaki
Mark Stanley → appearedIn → Kajaki ⓘ
Mark Stanley → notableWork → Kajaki ⓘ