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Turbat

Turbat is a city in the southern region of the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Turbat
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The place

Turbat is a city in the southern region of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Kech District. Turbat is the second-largest city in Balochistan after Quetta and the 35th largest city in the country by population. Situated on the left bank of the Kech River, Turbat was the historical capital of the princely state of Makran in British India. It is the largest city in the southern part of the province. The Gwadar Port lies 180 kilometres (110 mi) southwest of Turbat.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Turbat

One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Sassi Punnu Fort

    Sassui Punnhu Fort, also known as Miri Kalat, is a historical fortification located near Turbat in Turbat Tehsil, Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The site closely associated with the legendary love story of Sassui and Punnhu, a prominent tale in Sindhi and Balochi folklore.

    5.8 km · archaeological site in Turbat, Pakistan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Turbat

Airports
Turbat (TUK), 4 km · New Gwadar (GWD), 97 km
Stations
Turbat International Airport, 3.6 km
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Turbat

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Turbat. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Tirthan ValleyIN

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,532 km
  2. 02
    Panjakent and the Fann MountainsTJ

    11 ways of moving, 16 sources

    1,559 km
  3. 03
    Karimabad (Hunza)PK

    9 ways of moving, 35 sources

    1,591 km
  4. 04
    ChitkulIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,612 km
  5. 05
    KazaIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,612 km

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