Jafarabad District

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Jafarabad District
Map of Balochistan with Jafarabad District highlighted
Area  km²
Population ()
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Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Established
 • District Nazim
 • District Naib Nazim
 • District Council
 • Number of Tehsils
 • Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali
 • Mir Manzoor Ahmed Khosa
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Main language(s) Balochi,sindhi
Website www.geocities.com/jaffarabad

Jafarabad or Jaffarabad (Urdu: جعفر آباد ) district lies in the southeast of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. Jafarabad’s headquarters are at Dera Allahyar. The district is named after Mir Jafar Khan Jamali, a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan and a close friend of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. The district comprises two sub-divisions (Usta Mohammad and Jhat Pat) containing four Tehsils - Usta Mohammad, Jhatpat, Gandakha and Suhbat Pur. There are no Levy Thanas and ten police stations. The district has twenty-one Patwar Circles (nine in Usta Mohammad and twelve in Jhat Pat) and two hundred and thirty Mozas (with 136 in Usta Mohammad and 94 in Jhat Pat).

[edit] Administration

The district of Jaffarabad is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils:

  • Jhat Pat
  • Usta Mohammad
  • Gandakha
  • Suhbat Pur

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[edit] Population

The population of Jafarabad District was estimated to be over 725,000 in 2005. More than 99% of the people of the district are Muslims. The major Baloch tribes in the district are Jamali, Khoso, Jamot, Marri, Buledi, Bugti, Jarwar and many others.

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