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Luni, Balochistan

Coordinates: 29°37′N 67°55′E / 29.617°N 67.917°E / 29.617; 67.917
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Luni, pronounced Looni, is a village in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the city of Sibi in Sibi District of Balochistan Province, at an altitude of 495 feet (151 m).

This village is inhabited by the Luni tribe of Pashtuns. The elders of the tribe, led by one Asad Khan Luni, migrated from near Moqor in Afghanistan in the 1660s and settled in Sibi.The population in 2011 was 1875 in 302 households.[1] The tribe and the village is currently led by Abdul Aziz Luni, a senior retired bureaucrat.[citation needed]

29°37′N 67°55′E / 29.617°N 67.917°E / 29.617; 67.917

References

  1. ^ "District Development Profile 2011: Sibi" (PDF). Planning & Development Department, Government of Balochistan, in conjunction with UNICEF. p. 115.