Aab-e-Gum
Pakistani town
Town and union council in Balochistan, Pakistan
29°48′26″N 67°24′2″E / 29.80722°N 67.40056°E / 29.80722; 67.40056Ab-e-gum or Abegum (Urdu: آب گم) is a town and union council of Kachhi District located 50 kilometers (31 mi) southeast of Quetta near the Chiltan mountains, in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.[1] It also has a railway station on Rohri–Chaman Railway Line which was built by the British in 1886. The area is an important supplier of gas.[2]
Etymology
Aab-e-gum (Persian: آب گم) is a Persian word and it means 'water lost', a name given to the spot for a spring that dives underground nearby.
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