Nasirabad District
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Nasirabad (Urdu: ناصر آباد ) is a district in the center west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Nasirabad’s headquarters are at Dera Murad Jamali. The district was notified in 1974. For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tamboo district. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali. Nasirabad is a mjor town in of this dirstrict. The district has two sub-divisions, Dera Murad Jamali and Chattar and 1 tehsil, Tamboo. It is further divided into 163 sub-tehsils and 14 mozas. One moza exists of 1 to 5 villages.
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The population of Nasirabad district is estimated to be over 350,000 in 2005. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The major Baloch tribes of the district are: Umrani, Khosa ,Bijarani, Kanrani, Gajani, Nindwani, Gabol, Chandia, Bajkani, and Jamali. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan of Pakistan Zafarullah Khan Jamali belongs to this district.
