Districts of Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces of Pakistan.It is situated in the South Eastern part of the country. Quetta is the provincial capital and largest city of the province.It occupies the very southeastern-most portion of the Iranian Plateau, the site of the earliest known farming settlements in the pre-Indus Valley Civilization era, the earliest of which was Mehrgarh, dated at 7000 BC, located in modern-day Pakistani province of Balochistan. It covers an area of 347,190 square kilometres (134,050 sq mi) and it is Pakistan's largest province by area, constituting 44% of Pakistan's total land mass. Balochistan is divided into 32 districts.

list of districts

	Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
	1	Awaran	Awaran	12,510	118,173	4
	2	Barkhan	Barkhan	3,514	103,545	29
	3	Kachhi (Bolan)	Dhadar	7,499	288,056	38
	4	Chagai	Chagai	44,748[1]	300,000	7
	5	Dera Bugti	Dera Bugti	10,160	181,310	18
	6	Gwadar	Gwadar	12,637	185,498	15
	7	Harnai[2][note 1]	Harnai	4,096	140,000	19
	8	Jafarabad	Dera Allahyar	2,445	432,817	177
	9	Jhal Magsi	Jhal Magsi	3,615	109,941	30
	10	Kalat	Kalat	6,622	237,834	36
	11	Kech (Turbat)	Turbat	22,539	413,204	18
	12	Kharan	Kharan	8958	132,500	4
	13	Kohlu	Kohlu	7,610	99,846	13
	14	Khuzdar	Khuzdar	35,380	417,466	12
	15	Killa Abdullah	Killa Abdullah	3,293	370,269	112
	16	Killa Saifullah	Killa Saifullah	6,831	193,553	28
	17	Lasbela	Uthal	15,153	312,695	21
	18	Loralai	Loralai	9,830	295,555	30
	19	Mastung	Mastung	5,896	179,784	30
	20	Musakhel	Musa Khel Bazar	5,728	134,056	23
	21	Nasirabad	Dera Murad Jamali	3,387	245,894	73
	22	Nushki[3]	Nushki	5,797	137,500	23
	23	Panjgur	Panjgur	16,891	234,051	14
	24	Pishin	Pishin	7,819	367,183	47
	25	Quetta	Quetta	2,653	744,802	281
	26	Sherani[note 2]	Sherani
	27	Sibi	Sibi	7,796	180,398	23
	28	Washuk[note 3]	Washuk	29,510	118,171	4.0
	29	Zhob	Zhob	20,297	275,142	14
	30	Ziarat	Ziarat	1,489	33,340	22
	(31)	Lehri (not on the map)	Bukhtiarabad Domki	9,830	295,555	30
	(32)	Sohbatpur (not on the map)	Suhbat Pur	7,796	180,398	23

See also

• Balochistan
• Gilgit-Baltistan
• Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

Notes

1. No data is yet available on the recently created district of Harnai, which was part of Sibi district.
2. No data is yet available on the recently created district of Sherani, which was part of Zhob district.
3. No data is yet available on the recently created district of Washuk, which was part of Kharan district.

References

1. "Country escapes major earthquake damage". Daily Times. 20 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
2. "Harnai is new district of Balochistan". Dawn.Com. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
3. "Kharan and Noshki District" (PDF). American Refugee Committee. July 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2014.