Taftan ( ur, ) ( bal, ) is a trunk road and railway town in
Chagai District, Balochistan
Chaghi District ( bal, ; urd, ), also known as Chaghi District, is the largest district of Pakistan by area, located in the north west corner of Balochistan, Pakistan.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population ...
, Pakistan.
It is one of Pakistan's border crossings with Iran. It is by either road or rail over from
Quetta.
It is northeast of the thermally active dark peak or small massif also called
Taftan, wholly in Iran.
At its western extreme, the border crossing point of Iran is
Mirjaveh
Mirjaveh ( fa, ميرجاوه, also Romanized as Mīrjāveh; also known as Mīrjāwa) is a city and the capital of Mirjaveh County, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,590, in 2,350 families.
Mirj ...
.
Transport
It is on
the N40 road. This becomes
the road 84 in Iran's system, and which meanders via
Kerman
Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...
to a number change west of
Rafsanjan
Rafsanjan ( fa, رفسنجان, also Romanization, 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 f ...
.
It is served by its railway station on the line commonly described as the
Quetta-Taftan Line but which, since 1940, continues to
Zahedan, 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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