Torkham border crossing
Torkham border crossing is a major border crossing between the Pakistani city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located along the Grand Trunk Road on the international border between the two countries.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of 696 metres (2,283 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as“Tar-Kkham”“Tōṟ Kham”“Tor Kham Post”“Towr Kham”“Tūr Kham”“تور خم”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Landi Khana and Torra Tigga.
Landi Khana
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Torra Tigga
Railway station
Torra Tigga Railway Station is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Torra Tigga is situated 3½ km east of Torkham border crossing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torkham.
Torkham border crossing
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Latitude
34.13106° or 34° 7′ 52″ north
Longitude
71.08221° or 71° 4′ 56″ east
Open location code
8J6H43JJ+CV
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Uzbek—“Torkham border crossing” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တာ့ခမ်ဂိတ်”
- Chinese: “托卡姆”
- Chinese: “托爾哈姆”
- Dutch: “Torkham”
- French: “Torkham”
- German: “Torcham”
- Hebrew: “מעבר הגבול טורקהאם”
- Hindi: “तोरख़म”
- Indonesian: “Perbatasan Torkham”
- Irish: “Torkham”
- Japanese: “トールハム”
- Japanese: “トルカム”
- Japanese: “トルクハン”
- Persian: “تورخم”
- Persian: “خمٔ سیاه”
- Portuguese: “Torkham”
- Pushto: “تورخم”
- Urdu: “طورخم بارڈر کراسنگ”
- Uzbek: “Torxam chegara punkti”
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