Taftan ( ur, ) ( bal, ) is a trunk road and railway town in
Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
It is one of Pakistan's border crossings with Iran. It is by either road or rail over from
Quetta
Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of ...
.
It is northeast of the thermally active dark peak or small massif also called
Taftan Taftan (in Persian: تفتان ''Taftân'') may refer to:
* Taftan (volcano), located in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran
* Taftan, Balochistan
Taftan ( ur, ) ( bal, ) is a trunk road and railway town in Chagai District, Balochistan, ...
, wholly in Iran.
At its western extreme, the border crossing point of Iran is
Mirjaveh.
Transport
It is on
the N40 road. This becomes
the road 84 in Iran's system, and which meanders via
Kerman to a number change west of
Rafsanjan
Rafsanjan ( fa, رفسنجان, also Romanized as Rafsanjān and Rafsinjān; also known as Bahrāmābād) is a city and capital of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 136,388, in 33,489 families. Rafs ...
.
It is served by its railway station on the line commonly described as the
Quetta-Taftan Line but which, since 1940, continues to
Zahedan
Zahedan ( Balochi and fa, , ' ) is a city and capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 587,730.
The city was the site of a deadly crackdown in October 2022, with dozens citizens killed by pro- ...
, Iran.
References
External links
Exclusive report on Baluch Wall - 11 June 2007
Iran–Pakistan border crossings
Populated places in Chagai District
Smuggling routes
Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan
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