Kot Diji

Kot Diji is an ancient site which was part of the Indus Valley Civilisation, estimated to have been occupied around 3300 BCE. Located about 45 km south of in the modern-day province of , , it is on the east bank of the opposite .
Photo: Arsalanrkazi, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 25,600 residents
  • Description: archeological site that predates the Indus Civilization
  • Also known as: “Diji”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kot Diji Fort.

Building
, formally known as Fort Ahmadabad…

Kot Diji

Latitude
27.34309° or 27° 20′ 35″ north
Longitude
68.70936° or 68° 42′ 34″ east
Population
25,600
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Open location code
7JVC8PV5+6P
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Kot Diji” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kot Diji”
  • Breton: “Kot Diji”
  • Catalan: “Kot Diji”
  • Cebuano: “Kot Diji”
  • Chinese: “果德迪吉”
  • Corsican: “Kot Diji”
  • Croatian: “Kot Diji”
  • Czech: “Kót Dídží”
  • Danish: “Kot Diji”
  • Dutch: “Kot Diji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوت ديجى”
  • Estonian: “Kot Diji”
  • Finnish: “Kot Diji”
  • French: “Kot Diji”
  • Galician: “Kot Diji”
  • German: “Kot Diji”
  • Greek: “Κοτ Ντιτζί”
  • Hebrew: “קוט דיג’י”
  • Hungarian: “Kot Diji”
  • Indonesian: “Kot Diji”
  • Irish: “Kot Diji”
  • Italian: “Kot Diji”
  • Japanese: “コト・ディジ”
  • Jèrriais: “Kot Diji”
  • Latvian: “Kot Diji”
  • Lithuanian: “Kot Diji”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kot Diji”
  • Malayalam: “കോട്ട് ഡിജി”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kot Diji”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kot Diji”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਟ ਡੀਜੀ”
  • Persian: “کوت دیجی”
  • Polish: “Kot Diji”
  • Portuguese: “Kot Diji”
  • Romanian: “Kot Diji”
  • Russian: “Кот-Диджи”
  • Sindhi: “ڪوٽ ڏيجي”
  • Slovak: “Kot Diji”
  • Slovenian: “Kot Diji”
  • Spanish: “Kot Diji”
  • Swedish: “Kot Diji”
  • Tahitian: “Kot Diji”
  • Tamil: “கோட் திஜி”
  • Turkish: “Kot Diji”
  • Urdu: “kot diji fort”
  • Urdu: “کوٹ ڈیجی”
  • Welsh: “Kot Diji”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوٹ ڈجی”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوٹ ڈیجی”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pir Bakhsh Bugti and Fazal Hussain Lashari.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tando Masti Khan railway station and Pir Katpar railway station.

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