Kharan District

Kharan District
—  District  —
Cherry-red brookite from Kharan District
Map of Balochistan with Kharan District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Capital	Kharan
Established	March 15, 1952
Area
• Total	8,958 km2 (3,459 sq mi)
Population (1998)
• Total	96,900
• Density	10.81/km2 (28.0/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
District Council
Number of Tehsils	1

Kharan (Urdu: خاران) is a district in the north-west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Kharan was notified as a district in 1951 and the Deputy Commissioner’s office started functioning on March 15, 1952. Pakistan's second nuclear test was performed in the Kharan desert on May 30, 1998 with a miniaturised device yielding 60 percent of the Ras Koh Hills tests.

Government

The district includes a single tehsil, administratively divided into nine union councils.

Demographics

The population of Kharan district was estimated to be over 197,500 in 2010.^{[citation needed]} Over 99% of the people of the district are Muslims.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Kharan (princely state)
• Qila Ladgasht
• Nausherwani tombs