Panjgur
Sign in to savePanjgur (also spelled Pangor; Balochi; ), transliterated in medieval Arabic sources as Bannajbur or Fannazbur, is a town in the eponymous tehsil and district in southwestern Balochistan, Pakistan. It is situated at an elevation of 980 metres above sea level along the Rakshan River.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Panjgur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Balochistan Pakistan#Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Balochistan Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Panjgur District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Panjgur Tehsil
- Settlement.population_total
- 157,693
- Settlement.total_type
- City
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 980
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Calling code
- Settlement.timezone1
- PST
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Panjgur (also spelled Pangor; Balochi; ), transliterated in medieval Arabic sources as Bannajbur or Fannazbur, is a town in the eponymous tehsil and district in southwestern Balochistan, Pakistan. It is situated at an elevation of 980 metres above sea level along the Rakshan River.
==Name== The name is commonly explained as a compound of two Balochi words: panj (five) and goran (highland), understood as "land of five highlands". Some scholars link goran to the Avestan word gairi (mountain), a connection suggested by nearby place names such as Chokgoran ("small highland") and Mazangoran ("big highland"). An alternative derivation combines panj with goor (grave), yielding "five graves". Neither etymology has been conclusively established.