Bolan Pass

Bolan Pass is a valley and a natural gateway through the <a href="/facts/Toba_Kakar/bkDMu9b4">Toba Kakar</a> range in <a href="/facts/Balochistan%2c_Pakistan/jaM9T3q5">Balochistan</a> province of <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a>. It is situated 120 km (75 miles) south of Pakistan's border with <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a>. The pass is an 89 km (55 miles) stretch of the Bolan River valley from <a href="/facts/Dhadar/Rq941hkf">Rindli</a> in the south to Darwāza near <a href="/facts/Kolpur/HSdvQtx7">Kolpur</a> in the north. It is made up of a number of narrow gorges and stretches. It connects <a href="/facts/Quetta/dXbbGW4L">Quetta</a> with <a href="/facts/Sibi/1IvwExqv">Sibi</a> by road and railway.
Being strategically located, it has also been used by traders, invaders, and nomadic tribes as a gateway to and from South Asia. The Bolān Pass is an important pass on the Baluch frontier, connecting <a href="/facts/Jacobabad/L5u4cKa9">Jacobabad</a> and <a href="/facts/Jhang/cJI9D13l">Jhang</a> with Multan, which has always occupied an important place in the history of British campaigns in <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a>.
The local population south of the pass predominantly consists of <a href="/facts/Brahvi_people/b7qed6DJ">Brahvi tribes</a>, who extend from Bolan Pass to <a href="/facts/Cape_Monze/SvnqljJp">Cape Monze</a> on the <a href="/facts/Arabian_Sea/JM6V0y3s">Arabian Sea</a>. The ethnic group north of the pass consists of mainly <a href="/facts/Pashtuns/qqXpHAKN">Pashtuns</a>, while to west, <a href="/facts/Baloch_people/qXoSXYnq">Balochis</a>.

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Bolan Pass