Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gwadar,_Balochistan,_Pakistan
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:administrativeDivision gptkb:Gwadar_Tehsil
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Gwadar_International_Airport
gptkbp:areaCode 086
gptkbp:climate hot desert climate
gptkbp:connectivityProject gptkb:Makran_Coastal_Highway
gptkbp:coordinates 25.1264°N 62.3225°E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:dateOfAnnexationToPakistan 8 September 1958
gptkbp:developmentAuthority gptkb:Gwadar_Development_Authority
gptkbp:distanceFromIslamabad about 630 km
gptkbp:distanceFromQuetta about 970 km
gptkbp:district gptkb:Gwadar_District
gptkb:Gwadar_Master_Plan
rapidly developing
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Baloch
gptkb:Pashtun
gptkbp:historicalControl gptkb:Oman_(until_1958)
gptkbp:homeport deep-sea port
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Gwadar_Port
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Urdu
gptkb:Balochi
Pashto
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Arabian_Sea
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity fishing
shipping
trade
gptkbp:municipalStatus gptkb:local_government
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Karachi
gptkb:Chabahar,_Iran
gptkbp:notableEvent handover of port operations to China (2013)
inauguration of Gwadar Port (2007)
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Gwadar_Port_Authority
gptkb:Hammerhead_Peninsula
gptkb:Koh-e-Batil
gptkb:Gwadar_Fish_Harbour
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:China-Pakistan_Economic_Corridor_(CPEC)
gptkbp:plannedCity yes
gptkbp:population approximately 90,000 (2017 census)
gptkbp:portOperator gptkb:China_Overseas_Port_Holding_Company
gptkbp:postalCode 91200
gptkbp:province Balochistan
gptkbp:seaRouteAccess gptkb:Strait_of_Hormuz
gptkbp:strategicImportance gateway to the Persian Gulf
gptkbp:timezone PKT (UTC+5)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Port_of_Gwadar
gptkb:PNS_Gwadar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6