Taftan, Pakistan
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Taftan
تفتان | |
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| Taftan | |
  Taftan Location within Balochistan, Pakistan  Taftan Location within Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 28°56′53″N 61°35′04″E / 28.948°N 61.5844°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| District | Western Chagai |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 19,259 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 0825 |
Taftan (Urdu: تفتان) is a town in Western Chagai, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is one of Pakistan's border crossings with Iran. It is by either road or rail over 500 km (310 mi) from Quetta.
Taftan is officially a tehsil of District Western Chagai, and Nokkundi is the headquarters of District Western Chagai.
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.
Demographics
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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, Koh-e-Taftan railway station, on the line commonly described as the Quetta-Taftan Line but which, since 1940, continues to Zahedan, Iran.
See also
References
- ↑ "Taftan (Sub Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
- ↑ "بلوچستان میں تین نئے اضلاع قائم، کابینہ کے اس فیصلے سے صوبے کا نقشہ کتنا بدل گیا؟". Urdu News – اردو نیوز (in Urdu). 2026-05-22. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
- ↑ "Taftan Balochistan Pakistan - Travel and hotel information". Travel and Culture Services.
- ↑ "Taftan: Population and Census Data". City Population. Retrieved 24 October 2026.
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