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The Districts of Pakistan (Urdu: اضلاع 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 three administrative divisions with a third tier of ten districts. In Gilgit-Baltistan, there are six districts divided between the two regions of Gilgit and Baltistan; Baltistan being a part of Ladakh under Pakistani control, the other part being under Indian control.
Overview
![Districts of Pakistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PAK_AU_T1.svg/300px-PAK_AU_T1.svg.png)
Sr. No. | Subdivision | Districts | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Balochistan | 30 | 347,190 | 6,566,000 | 18.9 |
2 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 24 | 74 521 | 17,744,000 | 238.1 |
3 | Punjab | 36 | 205,345 | 73,621,000 | 358.52 |
4 | Sindh | 23 | 140,914 | 30,440,000 | 216.02 |
5 | Islamabad Capital Territory | 1 | 906 | 805,000 | 880.8 |
6 | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) | 7 tribal agencies and 6 frontier regions | 27,220 | 3,176,000 | 116.7 |
7 | Azad Kashmir | 10 | 13,297 | 2,972,500 | 258 |
8 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 7 | 72,971 | 1,80,000 | 24.8 |
Islamabad Capital Territory
Districts | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
---|---|---|---|
Islamabad | 906 | 805,235 | 889 |
Balochistan
![Districts of Balochistan (Pakistan)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Balochistan_Districts.svg/500px-Balochistan_Districts.svg.png)
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[3] | 50,545 | 202,564 | 4 |
5 | Dera Bugti | 10,160 | 181,310 | 18 |
6 | Gwadar | 12,637 | 185,498 | 15 |
7 | Harnai[4] | |||
8 | Jafarabad | 2,445 | 432,817 | 177 |
9 | Jhal Magsi | 3,615 | 109,941 | 30 |
10 | Kalat | 6,622 | 237,834 | 36 |
11 | Kech (Turbat) | 22,539 | 413,204 | 18 |
12 | Kharan[5] | 8958 | 1,32,500 | 4 |
13 | Kohlu | 7,610 | 99,846 | 13 |
14 | Khuzdar | 35,380 | 417,466 | 12 |
15 | Killa Abdullah | 3,293 | 370,269 | 112 |
16 | Killa Saifullah | 6,831 | 193,553 | 28 |
17 | Lasbela | 15,153 | 312,695 | 21 |
18 | Loralai | 9,830 | 295,555 | 30 |
19 | Mastung | 5,896 | 179,784 | 30 |
20 | Musakhel | 5,728 | 134,056 | 23 |
21 | Nasirabad | 3,387 | 245,894 | 73 |
22 | Nushki[3] | |||
23 | Panjgur | 16,891 | 234,051 | 14 |
24 | Pishin | 7,819 | 367,183 | 47 |
25 | Quetta | 2,653 | 744,802 | 281 |
26 | Sherani[6] | |||
27 | Sibi[4] | 7,796 | 180,398 | 23 |
28 | Washuk[5] | |||
29 | Zhob[6] | 20,297 | 275,142 | 14 |
30 | Ziarat | 1,489 | 33,340 | 22 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
![Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_Districts.svg/390px-Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_Districts.svg.png)
S.No. | District | Area(km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
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1 | Abbottabad | 1,967 | 880,666 | 448 |
2 | Bannu | 1,227 | 675,667 | 551 |
3 | Battagram | 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 |
Punjab
![Districts of Punjab (Pakistan)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Punjab_%28Pakistan%29_Districts.svg/500px-Punjab_%28Pakistan%29_Districts.svg.png)
S.No. | District | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
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1 | Attock | 6,857 | 1,274,935 | 186 |
2 | Bahawalnagar | 8,878 | 2,061,447 | 232 |
3 | Bahawalpur | 24,830 | 2,433,091 | 98 |
4 | Bhakkar | 8,153 | 1,051,456 | 129 |
5 | Chakwal | 6,524 | 1,083,725 | 166 |
6 | Chiniot | 965,124 | ||
7 | Dera Ghazi Khan | 11,922 | 1,643,118 | 138 |
8 | Faisalabad | 5,856 | 5,429,547 | 927 |
9 | Gujranwala | 3,622 | 3,400,940 | 939 |
10 | Gujrat | 3,192 | 2,048,008 | 642 |
11 | Hafizabad | 2,367 | 832,980 | 352 |
12 | Jhang | 8,809 | 2,834,545 | 322 |
13 | Jhelum | 3,587 | 936,957 | 261 |
14 | Kasur | 3,995 | 2,375,875 | 595 |
15 | Khanewal | 4,349 | 2,068,490 | 476 |
16 | Khushab | 6,511 | 905,711 | 139 |
17 | Lahore | 1,772 | 6,318,745 | 3,566 |
18 | Layyah | 6,291 | 1,120,951 | 178 |
19 | Lodhran | 2,778 | 1,171,800 | 422 |
20 | Mandi Bahauddin | 2,673 | 1,160,552 | 434 |
21 | Mianwali | 5,840 | 1,056,620 | 181 |
22 | Multan | 3,720 | 3,116,851 | 838 |
23 | Muzaffargarh | 8,249 | 2,635,903 | 320 |
24 | Narowal | 2,337 | 1,265,097 | 541 |
25 | Nankana Sahib[2] | 2,960 | 1,410,000 | |
26 | Okara | 4,377 | 2,232,992 | 510 |
27 | Pakpattan | 2,724 | 1,286,680 | 472 |
28 | Rahim Yar Khan | 11,880 | 3,141,053 | 264 |
29 | Rajanpur | 12,319 | 1,103,618 | 90 |
30 | Rawalpindi | 5,286 | 3,363,911 | 636 |
31 | Sahiwal | 3,201 | 1,843,194 | 576 |
32 | Sargodha | 5,854 | 2,665,979 | 455 |
33 | Sheikhupura | 5,960 | 3,321,029 | 557 |
34 | Sialkot | 3,016 | 2,723,481 | 903 |
35 | Toba Tek Singh | 3,252 | 1,621,593 | 499 |
36 | Vehari | 4,364 | 2,090,416 | 479 |
Sindh
![Districts of Sindh](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Sindh_Districts.svg/475px-Sindh_Districts.svg.png)
S.No. | District | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
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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 Firoze | 2,945 | 1,087,571 | 369 |
14 | Nawabshah | 4,502 | 1,071,533 | 238 |
15 | Qambar Shahdadkot | |||
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[7] | 663,100 |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
![Districts of FATA](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/FATA_Districts.svg/220px-FATA_Districts.svg.png)
S. No. | Agency | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
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1 | Bajaur | 1,290 | 595,227 | 461 |
2 | Khyber | 2,576 | 546,730 | 212 |
3 | Kurram | 3,380 | 448,310 | 133 |
4 | Mohmand | 2,296 | 334,453 | 146 |
5 | North Waziristan | 4,707 | 361,246 | 77 |
6 | Orakzai | 1,538 | 225,441 | 147 |
7 | South Waziristan | 6,620 | 429,841 | 65 |
S. No. | Region | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
8 | FR Bannu | 745 | 19,593 | 26 |
9 | FR Dera Ismail Khan | 2,008 | 38,990 | 19 |
10 | FR Kohat | 446 | 88,456 | 198 |
11 | FR Lakki Marwat | 132 | 6,987 | 53 |
12 | FR Peshawar | 261 | 53,841 | 206 |
13 | FR Tank | 1,221 | 27,216 | 22 |
Azad Kashmir
![Districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/AJK_Districts.svg/300px-AJK_Districts.svg.png)
S.No. | District | Area (km²) | Population (2009) | Density (people/km²) |
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1 | Muzaffarabad | 2,496 | 615,000 | 375 |
2 | Hattian | 854 | 225,000 | 263 |
3 | Neelum | 3,621 | 171,000 | 47 |
4 | Mirpur | 1,010 | 419,000 | 415 |
5 | Bhimber | 1,516 | 401,000 | 265 |
6 | Kotli | 1,862 | 746,000 | 401 |
7 | Poonch | 855 | 524,000 | 613 |
8 | Bagh | 1,368 | 351,000 | 456 |
9 | Haveli | 598 | 138,000 | 231 |
10 | Sudhnati | 569 | 278,000 | 489 |
Gilgit-Baltistan
![Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Gilgit-Baltistan_Districts.svg/500px-Gilgit-Baltistan_Districts.svg.png)
S. No. | District | Area (km²) | Population (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 |
7 | Hunza-Nagar |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Site Edition, Daily Times Newspaper. "Four new districts in Sindh". Retrieved 2006-04-14.
No data is yet available on the recently-created districts of Sindh province. - ^ a b Internet Edition, Dawn Newspaper. "Nankana becomes district". Retrieved 2006-04-14.
No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nankana. - ^ a b No figures available yet - Nushki was part of Chagai district
- ^ a b No figures available yet - Harnai was part of Sibi district ("Harnai is new district of Balochistan". Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 2010-08-28.)
- ^ a b No figures available yet - Washuk was part of Kharan district
- ^ a b No figures available yet - Sherani was part of Zhob district
- ^ District Government Umerkot
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