Panjgur

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.

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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

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==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.