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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.

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[edit] Overview

Subdivision Number of Districts
Balochistan Province 30
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[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 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.

[edit] Islamabad Capital Territory

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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[3] 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[3]
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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 -

[edit] 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[4] [5] 3,621 106,778  ?
  Poonch 855 411,035 Rawalakot
  Sudhnati 569 334,091 Pallandari
Azad Kashmir 8 districts 13,297 2,972,501 Muzaffarabad

[edit] 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 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[2]
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

[edit] Districts of Sindh

There are 23 districts in Sindh province.[6]

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[1]
Karachi 3,527 9,856,318 2,795
Kashmore[1]
Khairpur 15,910 1,546,587 97
Larkana 7,423 1,927,066 260
Matiari
Mirpurkhas 2,925 1,569,030 536
Naushahro Firoz 2,945 1,087,571 369
Nawabshah 4,502 1,071,533 238
Kamber and Shahdad Kot
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[1]
Sindh Province 135,306 30,439,893 225

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d (English) Site Edition, Daily Times Newspaper. "Four new districts in Sindh". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
    No data is yet available on the recently-created districts of Sindh province.
  2. ^ a b (English) Internet Edition, Dawn Newspaper. "Nankana becomes district". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
    No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nankana.
  3. ^ a b No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nushki, which was formerly a Tehsil of Chagai district.
  4. ^ Note: Neelum is a recently created district and no figures are available yet. Refer to the link below.
  5. ^ (English) Official website, Government of Azad Kashmir. "Facts and Figures". Retrieved on 2006-04-19.
  6. ^ Districts of Sindh – URL accessed May 13, 2006

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