Districts of Pakistan

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The Districts of Pakistan (Urdu: ضلع پاکستان ) are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished. Districts now form the top tier of a three-tier system of local government with the two lower tiers composed of approximately 400 tehsils and more than six thousand union councils.

Prior to 2001, there were 106 districts but with the reorganisation, these were reduced to 102 by the merger of the five districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District. The five districts had formed the division of Karachi which was abolished. The number of districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts^[1] were created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000 and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created.

In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district^[2] by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhpura District to a district in its own right.

In Azad Kashmir, the second tier of government is formed by two administrative divisions (Muzaffarabad) & (Mirpur) with a third tier of eight districts. In the Gilgit-Baltistan, there are six districts divided between two regions of Gilgit and Baltistan; Baltistan being the part of Ladakh in Pakistani control.

Overview

Gilgit-Baltistan

Azad Kashmir

FATA

Baluchistan

Punjab

Sindh

NWFP

Islamabad Capital Territory

Afghanistan

Iran

China

India

Arabian Sea

Islamabad Capital Territory

Punjab

There are 36 districts in Punjab province.^[3]

Districts of Punjab

Sindh

There are 23 districts in Sindh province.^[4]

Districts of Sindh District Area (km²) Population (1998) Density (people/km²) 1. Badin 6,726 1,136,044 169 2. Dadu 19,070 1,688,811 89 3. Ghotki 6,083 970,549 160 4. Hyderabad 5,519 2,891,488 524 5. Jacobabad 5,278 1,425,572 270 6. Jamshoro[1] 7. Karachi 3,527 9,856,318 2,795 8. Kashmore[1] 2,592 662,462 255 9. Khairpur 15,910 1,546,587 97 10. Larkana 7,423 1,927,066 260 11. Matiari 1,417 515,331 364 12. Mirpurkhas 2,925 1,569,030 536 13. Naushahro Firoz 2,945 1,087,571 369 14. Nawabshah 4,502 1,071,533 238 15. Qamber and Shahdad Kot 16. Sanghar 10,728 1,453,028 135 17. Shikarpur 2,512 880,438 350 18. Sukkur 5,165 908,373 176 19. Tando Allahyar 20. Tando Muhammad Khan 1,733 447,215 257 21. Tharparkar 19,638 914,291 47 22. Thatta 17,355 1,113,194 64 23. Umerkot[5] 663,100 Sindh Province 135,306 30,439,893 225 North West Frontier Province There are 24 districts in the North-West Frontier Province. Districts of NWFP S.No. District Area (km²) Population (1998) Density (people/km²) 1. Abbottabad 1,967 880,666 448 2. Bannu 1,227 675,667 551 3. Batagram 1,301 307,278 236 4. Buner 1,865 506,048 271 5. Charsadda 996 1,022,364 1,026 6. Chitral 14,850 318,689 21 7. Dera Ismail Khan 7,326 852,995 116 8. Hangu 1,097 314,529 287 9. Haripur 1,725 692,228 401 10. Karak 3,372 430,796 128 11. Kohat 2,545 562,644 221 12. Kohistan 7,492 472,570 63 13. Lakki Marwat 3,164 490,025 155 14. Lower Dir 1,582 717,649 454 15. Malakand 952 452,291 475 16. Mansehra 4,579 1,152,839 252 17. Mardan 1,632 1,460,100 895 18. Nowshera 1,748 874,373 500 19. Peshawar 1,257 2,019,118 1,606 20. Shangla 1,586 434,563 274 21. Swabi 1,543 1,026,804 665 22. Swat 5,337 1,257,602 236 23. Tank 1,679 238,216 142 24. Upper Dir 3,699 575,858 156 North-West Frontier Province 74,521 17,735,912 238 Gilgit-Baltistan Main article: Districts of Northern Areas Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan There are 6 districts in Gilgit-Baltistan. S.No. District Area (km²) Pop.(1998) 1. Ghanche 6,400 88,366 2. Skardu 15,000 214,848 3. Astore 8,657 71,666 4. Diamer 10,936 131,925 5. Ghizer 9,635 120,218 6. Gilgit 26,300 243,324 Gilgit-Baltistan 69,971 870,347 Balochistan There are 27 districts in Balochistan province. Districts of Balochistan S.No. District Area (km²) Population (1998) Density (people/km²) 1. Awaran 29,510 118,173 4 2. Barkhan 3,514 103,545 29 3. Bolan 7,499 288,056 38 4. Chagai[6] 50,545 202,564 4 5. Dera Bugti 10,160 181,310 18 6. Gwadar 12,637 185,498 15 7. Jafarabad 2,445 432,817 177 8. Jhal Magsi 3,615 109,941 30 9. Kalat 6,622 237,834 36 10. Kech (Turbat) 22,539 413,204 18 11. Kharan 48,051 206,909 4 12. Khuzdar 35,380 417,466 12 13. Kohlu 7,610 99,846 13 14. Lasbela 15,153 312,695 21 15. Loralai 9,830 295,555 30 16. Mastung 5,896 179,784 30 17. Musakhel 5,728 134,056 23 18. Naseerabad 3,387 245,894 73 19. Nushki[6] 20. Panjgur 16,891 234,051 14 21. Pishin 7,819 367,183 47 22. Qilla Abdullah 3,293 370,269 112 23. Qilla Saifullah 6,831 193,553 28 24. Quetta 2,653 744,802 281 25. Sibi 7,796 180,398 23 26. Zhob 20,297 275,142 14 27. Ziarat 1,489 33,340 22 Balochistan Province 347,190 6,563,885 19 Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) There are 27 districts in Balochistan province. Agencies of F.A.T.A. in Pakistan Agency Area (km²) Population (1998) Density (people/km²) Bajaur 1,290 595,227 Khyber 2,576 546,730 Kurram 3,380 448,310 Mohmand 2,296 334,453 North Waziristan 4,707 361,246 Orakzai 1,538 225,441 South Waziristan 6,620 429,841 Frontier Regions 4,813 235,083 FATA 27,220 3,176,331 117 Azad Kashmir Districts of Azad Kashmir There are 8 districts in Azad Kashmir. S.No. District Area (km²) Pop.(1998) Density 1. Bhimber 1,516 301,633 211 2. Kotli 1,862 563,094 335 3. Mirpur 1,010 333,482 359 4. Bagh 1,368 393,415 311 5. Poonch 855 411,035 525 6. Sudhnati 569 224,091 425 7. Muzaffarabad 2,496 638,973 136 8. Neelum 3,621 106,778 - Azad Kashmir 13,297 2,972,501 246 See also Subdivisions of Pakistan References ^ a b c (English) Site Edition, Daily Times Newspaper. ""Four new districts in Sindh"". http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-12-2004_pg7_36. Retrieved 2006-04-14.  No data is yet available on the recently-created districts of Sindh province. ^ a b (English) Internet Edition, Dawn Newspaper. ""Nankana becomes district"". http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/10/nat43.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-14.  No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nankana. ^ Government of Punjab (Pakistan) - districts ^ Districts of Sindh – URL accessed May 13, 2006 ^ District Government Umerkot ^ a b No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nushki, which was formerly a tehsil of Chagai district. Now the 9th District of Azad Kashmir has been made as District Hevali (forward Kahuta, the ex-tehsil of District Bagh Azad Kashmir. Notification has been issued in this regard. And some district offices like Deputy Commissioner. Superintendent of Police, District Education Officer etc. have been established in the new District Hevali. Jabbi Sayedan, a very much educated village is situated in the new district Hevali, Azad Kashmir where the education rate is 100% that is a world record. From this village many educationists have arisen in the relevent spheres. Ghazi-e-Kashmir Syed Muhammad Saeed Bukhari (Rehmatullah Alah) was also the resident of Jabbi Sayedan. External links Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. ""List of Districts/Agencies/Tribal Areas"". http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list.html. Retrieved 2006-04-14.  Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. ""List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts"". http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list_tehsil.html. Retrieved 2006-04-14.  Country Profiles, South Asian Media Net. ""Pakistan >> District Profiles"". http://www.southasianmedia.net/profile/pakistan/pakistan_districprofiles.cfm. Retrieved 2006-04-14.  Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth (with an overlay for district boundaries Current map of the Districts of Sindh v • d • e Articles on second-level administrative divisions of Asian countries Afghanistan · Armenia2 · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma · Cambodia · People's Republic of China · Cyprus · Egypt1 · Georgia1 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan1 · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Russia1 · Saudi Arabia · Sri Lanka · Syria · Taiwan · Tajikistan · Thailand · Timor-Leste (East Timor) · Turkey1 · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen 1 Country spanning more than one continent (transcontinental country). 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