Districts of Pakistan

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


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

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

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	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

S.No.	District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
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

S.No.	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 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

S. No.	Agency	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
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

S.No.	District	Area (km²)	Population (2009)	Density (people/km²)
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

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

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

[sindh-1] 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.

[nankana-2] Internet Edition, Dawn Newspaper. "Nankana becomes district". Retrieved 2006-04-14.
No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nankana.

[nushki-3] No figures available yet - Nushki was part of Chagai district

[harnai-4] No figures available yet - Harnai was part of Sibi district ("Harnai is new district of Balochistan". Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 2010-08-28.)

[washuk-5] No figures available yet - Washuk was part of Kharan district

[sherani-6] No figures available yet - Sherani was part of Zhob district

[umerkot-7] District Government Umerkot

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