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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Sost canonical 10

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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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