Shagai Fort
Shagai Fort is a fort located 13 kilometres from Jamrud in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was built in 1927 by the British forces to oversee the Khyber Pass.Photo: HabibUllahAfridi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Shahgai Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shahgai railway station and Chaghi.
Shahgai railway station
Railway station
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shahgai Railway Station is located in Shagai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies on the Khyber Safari line between Peshawar and Landi Kotal. Shahgai railway station is situated 490 metres west of Shagai Fort.
Chaghi
Railway station
Chaghi Railway Station is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. The station is on the discontinued Khyber Pass Railway line and has no scheduled train services. Chaghi is situated 2½ km southeast of Shagai Fort.
Medanak railway station
Railway station
Medanak Railway Station is located in Pakistan. It is on the disused Khyber Pass Railway line and does not have scheduled train services. Medanak railway station is situated 2½ km southeast of Shagai Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamrud.
Jamrud
Town
Photo: Shaw Afridi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jamrūd or Jam is a town in the Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, on the western fringe of Peshawar city, Jamrud is the doorway to the Khyber Pass which is just to the west of the town. Jamrud is situated 9 km east of Shagai Fort.
Shagai Fort
- Categories: fort and tourism
- Location: Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.018° or 34° 1′ 5″ northLongitude
71.28126° or 71° 16′ 53″ eastElevation
847 metres (2,779 feet)Open location code
8J6H279J+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 11146372805OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Pushto—“Shagai Fort” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة شاجاى”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Shagai”
- Pushto: “د شاګۍ کلا”
- Pushto: “شاګی قلعه”
- Pushto: “شاګی کلا”
- Pushto: “شاګۍ قلعه”
- Pushto: “شاګۍ کلا”
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