Kalat
Kalāt or Qalāt, historically known as Qīqān or Kaikan, is a city in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It was the historical capital of the Khanate of Kalat from the 17th to the mid-20th centuries.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Locality with 26,700 residents
- Description: city in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Kalat, Balochistan”, “Kelat”, “Khelat”, “Kilat”, “Qalat”, “Qalāt”, “Qilat”, and “ڪلات”
Kalat
- Categories: city and qal’a
- Location: Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.02663° or 29° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
66.59361° or 66° 35′ 37″ east
Population
26,700
Elevation
2,014 metres (6,608 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PK KBH
Open location code
7JX82HGV+MC
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kalat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلات”
- Asturian: “Kalat”
- Awadhi: “कलात”
- Basque: “Kalat”
- Catalan: “Kalat”
- Chinese: “卡拉特”
- Dutch: “Kalat”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلات”
- Finnish: “Kalāt”
- French: “Kalat”
- German: “Kalat”
- Hausa: “Kalat, Balochistan”
- Hebrew: “קלאט”
- Hindi: “कलात”
- Italian: “Kalat”
- Japanese: “カラート”
- Malay: “Kalat, Pakistan”
- Malay: “Kalat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalat”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalat i Pakistan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalat”
- Norwegian: “Kalat”
- Persian: “کلات، پاکستان”
- Persian: “کلات”
- Polish: “Kalat”
- Portuguese: “Kalat”
- Pushto: “کلات”
- Russian: “Калат”
- Sindhi: “قلات”
- Slovenian: “Kalat”
- Spanish: “Kalat”
- Swedish: “Kalat, Pakistan”
- Swedish: “Kalat”
- Tamil: “கலாத் (பலுசிஸ்தான்)”
- Tamil: “கலாத்”
- Turkish: “Kalat”
- Urdu: “قلات”
- Western Panjabi: “قلات”
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