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Hindu Kush

mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Place mountain_range Q5472
Hindu Kush
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Summary

Hindu Kush is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,435 views/month, #14 of 2,807).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Afghanistan[3], Pakistan[4]
  • Part of: Alpide belt[5]
  • Commons category: Hindu Kush[6]
  • Highest point: Terich Mir[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hindu Kush[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[10], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 7708 m[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Hindu Kush has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Afghanistan Helmand River Karakoram Noshaq Pakistan Terich Mir

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q28568
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q28568, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+7708'}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 35, 'lon': 71}
    Instance of → mountain range
    Highest point → Terich Mir
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0005483-Hindukus-Afghanistan-a-Pakistan, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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