Taftan, Balochistan

Taftan تپتان تفتان
Town
Taftan
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Coordinates: 28.948°N 61.5844°E / 28.948; 61.5844
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
District	Chagai District
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	18,510
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	0825

Taftan (Urdu: تفتان) (Balochi: تپتان) is a trunk road and railway town in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.^[2] It is one of Pakistan's border crossings with Iran. It is by either road or rail over 500 km (310 mi) from Quetta.

It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) northeast of the thermally active dark peak or small massif also called Taftan, wholly in Iran.

At its western extreme, the border crossing point of Iran is Mirjaveh.

Transport

It is on the N40 road. This becomes the road 84 in Iran's system, and which meanders via Kerman to a number change west of Rafsanjan.

It is served by its railway station on the line commonly described as the Quetta-Taftan Line but which, since 1940, continues to Zahedan, Iran.

See also

• Koh-e-Taftan railway station
• Taftan (Volcano)

References

1. "Taftan (Sub Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
2. "Taftan Balochistan Pakistan - Travel and hotel information". Travel and Culture Services.

External links

• Exclusive report on Baluch Wall - 11 June 2007