Districts of Pakistan

Further information: Local government in Pakistan

The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan, ranking as subdivisions of the provinces of Pakistan. Prior to August 2000, the provinces contained administrative units called divisions which contained districts as the fourth level of government. In August 2000, the divisions were abolished as an administrative tier, and the provinces are now directly divided into districts.

Overview

Subdivision	Number of Districts
Balochistan Province	27
North-West Frontier Province	24
Punjab Province	35
Sindh Province	23
Islamabad Capital Territory	1
Federally Administered Tribal Area	7 Tribal Agencies plus 6 Frontier Regions
Azad Kashmir	8
Northern Areas	6
Pakistan	124 Districts plus 7 Tribal Agencies

Districts are further subdivided into tehsils which may contain villages or municipalities. There are over five thousand local governments in Pakistan. Since 2001, these have been led by democratically elected local councils, each headed by a Nazim (the word means "supervisor" in Urdu, but is sometimes translated as "mayor"). Women have been allotted a minimum of 33% seats in these councils; there is no upper limit to the number of women in these 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 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 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 with a third tier of eight districts. In the Northern Areas, there are six districts divided between three informal regions. The Azad Kashmir and Northern Area districts are not included in the lists below.

Islamabad Capital Territory

Districts	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Islamabad	906	805,235	889

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

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
Six Frontier Regions combined	4,813	235,083
F.R. Bannu District	745	19,550
F.R. D.I.Khan District	2.008	39,373
F.R. Kohat District	446	90,806
F.R. Lakki Marwat District	132	6,955
F.R. Peshawar District	261	53,902
F.R. Tank District	1,221	27,339
FATA	27,220	3,176,331	117

Districts of Balochistan

There are 27 districts in Balochistan province.

District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Awaran	29,510	118,173	4
Barkhan	3,514	103,545	29
Bolan	7,499	288,056	38
Chagai	50,545	202,564	4
Dera Bugti	10,160	181,310	18
Gwadar	12,637	185,498	15
Jafarabad	2,445	432,817	177
Jhal Magsi	3,615	109,941	30
Kalat	6,622	237,834	36
Kech (Turbat)	22,539	413,204	18
Kharan	48,051	206,909	4
Khuzdar	35,380	417,466	12
Kohlu	7,610	99,846	13
Lasbela	15,153	312,695	21
Loralai	9,830	295,555	30
Mastung	5,896	179,784	30
Musakhel	5,728	134,056	23
Nasirabad	3,387	245,894	73
Nushki
Panjgur	16,891	234,051	14
Pishin	7,819	367,183	47
Qilla Abdullah	3,293	370,269	112
Qilla Saifullah	6,831	193,553	28
Quetta	2,653	744,802	281
Sibi	7,796	180,398	23
Zhob	20,297	275,142	14
Ziarat	1,489	33,340	22
Balochistan Province	347,190	6,563,885	19

Districts of the North-West Frontier Province

There are 24 districts in the North-West Frontier Province.

District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Abbottabad	1,967	880,666	448
Bannu	1,227	675,667	551
Batagram	1,301	307,278	236
Buner	1,865	506,048	271
Charsadda	996	1,022,364	1,026
Chitral	14,850	318,689	21
Dera Ismail Khan	7,326	852,995	116
Hangu	1,097	314,529	287
Haripur	1,725	692,228	401
Karak	3,372	430,796	128
Kohat	2,545	562,644	221
Kohistan	7,492	472,570	63
Lakki Marwat	3,164	490,025	155
Lower Dir	1,582	717,649	454
Malakand	952	452,291	475
Mansehra	4,579	1,152,839	252
Mardan	1,632	1,460,100	895
Nowshera	1,748	874,373	500
Peshawar	1,257	2,019,118	1,606
Shangla	1,586	434,563	274
Swabi	1,543	1,026,804	665
Swat	5,337	1,257,602	236
Tank	1,679	238,216	142
Upper Dir	3,699	575,858	156
North-West Frontier Province	74,521	17,735,912	238

Districts of Northern Areas

Main article: Districts of Northern Areas

There are 6 districts in Northern Areas administrative region.

Agency	District	Area (km²)	Pop.(1998)	Headquarter
Baltistan	Ghanche	6,400	88,366	Khaplu
	Skardu	15,000	214,848	Skardu
Diamer	Astore	8,657	71,666	Gorikot
	Diamer	10,936	131,925	Chilas
Gilgit	Ghizer	9,635	120,218	Gahkuch
	Gilgit	26,300	243,324	Gilgit
Northern Areas	6 districts	69,971	970,347	-

Districts of Azad Kashmir

There are 8 districts in Azad Kashmir

Division	District	Area (km²)	Pop.(1998)	Headquarter
Mirpur	Bhimber	1,516	301,633	Bhimber
	Kotli	1,862	563,094	Kotli
	Mirpur	1,010	333,482	Mirpur
Muzaffarabad	Bagh	1,368	393,415	Bagh
	Muzaffarabad	2,496	638,973	Muzaffarabad
	Neelum	3,621	106,778	?
	Poonch	855	411,035	Rawalakot
	Sudhnati	569	334,091	Pallandari
Azad Kashmir	8 districts	13,297	2,972,501	Muzaffarabad

Districts of Punjab

There are 35 districts in Punjab province.

District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Attock	6,857	1,274,935	186
Bahawalnagar	8,878	2,061,447	232
Bahawalpur	24,830	2,433,091	98
Bhakkar	8,153	1,051,456	129
Chakwal District	6,524	1,083,725	166
Dera Ghazi Khan	11,922	1,643,118	138
Faisalabad	5,856	5,429,547	927
Gujranwala	3,622	3,400,940	939
Gujrat	3,192	2,048,008	642
Hafizabad	2,367	832,980	352
Jhang	8,809	2,834,545	322
Jhelum	3,587	936,957	261
Kasur	3,995	2,375,875	595
Khanewal	4,349	2,068,490	476
Khushab	6,511	905,711	139
Lahore	1,772	6,318,745	3,566
Layyah	6,291	1,120,951	178
Lodhran	2,778	1,171,800	422
Mandi Bahauddin	2,673	1,160,552	434
Mianwali	5,840	1,056,620	181
Multan	3,720	3,116,851	838
Muzaffargarh	8,249	2,635,903	320
Narowal	2,337	1,265,097	541
Nankana Sahib
Okara	4,377	2,232,992	510
Pakpattan	2,724	1,286,680	472
Rahim Yar Khan	11,880	3,141,053	264
Rajanpur	12,319	1,103,618	90
Rawalpindi	5,286	3,363,911	636
Sahiwal	3,201	1,843,194	576
Sargodha	5,854	2,665,979	455
Sheikhupura	5,960	3,321,029	557
Sialkot	3,016	2,723,481	903
Toba Tek Singh	3,252	1,621,593	499
Vehari	4,364	2,090,416	479
Punjab Province	205,345	73,621,290	359

Districts of Sindh

There are 23 districts in Sindh province.

. District Area (km²) Population (1998) Density (people/km²) Badin 6,726 1,136,044 169 Dadu 19,070 1,688,811 89 Ghotki 6,083 970,549 160 Hyderabad 5,519 2,891,488 524 Jacobabad 5,278 1,425,572 270 Jamshoro Karachi 3,527 9,856,318 2,795 Kashmore Khairpur 15,910 1,546,587 97 Larkana 7,423 1,927,066 260 Matiari Mirpurkhas 2,925 1,569,030 536 Naushahro Feroze 2,945 1,087,571 369 Nawabshah 4,502 1,071,533 238 Kamber and Shahdad Kot District Sanghar 10,728 1,453,028 135 Shikarpur 2,512 880,438 350 Sukkur 5,165 908,373 176 Tando Allahyar Tando Muhammad Khan Tharparkar 19,638 914,291 47 Thatta 17,355 1,113,194 64 Umerkot Sindh Province 135,306 30,439,893 225 See also Subdivisions of Pakistan References External links Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. ""List of Districts/Agencies/Tribal Areas"". Retrieved 2006-04-14. Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. ""List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts"". Retrieved 2006-04-14. Country Profiles, South Asian Media Net. ""Pakistan >> District Profiles"". Retrieved 2006-04-14. Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth (with an overlay for district boundaries Current map of the Districts of Sindh