List of districts of Pakistan

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The Districts of Pakistan (Urdu: اِضلاعِ پاكِستان‎), 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 596 tehsils (included the Kashmir region) and more than 6,000 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. The new districts were carved out of Larkana, Dadu, Jacobabad and Mirpurkhas districts.

In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district^[2] by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhupura 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

Gilgit–Baltistan

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

FATA

Balochistan

Punjab

Sindh

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

ICT

Afghanistan

Iran

China

India

Arabian Sea

Islamabad Capital Territory

Balochistan

Map	Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
	1	Awaran	Awaran	12,510	118,173	4
	2	Barkhan	Barkhan	3,514	103,545	29
	3	Kachi (Bolan)	Dhadar	7,499	288,056	38
	4	Chagai	Chagai	44,748[7]	300,000	7
	5	Dera Bugti	Dera Bugti	10,160	181,310	18
	6	Gwadar	Gwadar	12,637	185,498	15
	7	Harnai[8]	Harnai	4,096	140,000	19
	8	Jafarabad	Dera Allahyar	2,445	432,817	177
	9	Jhal Magsi	Jhal Magsi	3,615	109,941	30
	10	Kalat	Kalat	6,622	237,834	36
	11	Kech (Turbat)	Turbat	22,539	413,204	18
	12	Kharan	Kharan	8958	132,500	4
	13	Kohlu	Kohlu	7,610	99,846	13
	14	Khuzdar	Khuzdar	35,380	417,466	12
	15	Killa Abdullah	Killa Abdullah	3,293	370,269	112
	16	Killa Saifullah	Killa Saifullah	6,831	193,553	28
	17	Lasbela	Uthal	15,153	312,695	21
	18	Loralai	Loralai	9,830	295,555	30
	19	Mastung	Mastung	5,896	179,784	30
	20	Musakhel	Musa Khel Bazar	5,728	134,056	23
	21	Nasirabad	Dera Murad Jamali	3,387	245,894	73
	22	Nushki[9]	Nushki	5,797	137,500	23
	23	Panjgur	Panjgur	16,891	234,051	14
	24	Pishin	Pishin	7,819	367,183	47
	25	Quetta	Quetta	2,653	744,802	281
	26	Sherani[10]	Sherani
	27	Sibi	Sibi	7,796	180,398	23
	28	Washuk[11]	Washuk	29,510	118,171	4.0
	29	Zhob	Zhob	20,297	275,142	14
	30	Ziarat	Ziarat	1,489	33,340	22
	(31)	Lehri (not on the map)	Bakhtiarabad	9,830	295,555	30
	(32)	Sohbatpur (not on the map)	Sohbatpur	7,796	180,398	23

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Map	Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
	1	Abbottabad	Abbottabad	1,967	880,666	448
	2	Bannu	Bannu	1,227	675,667	551
	3	Battagram	Battagram	1,301	307,278	236
	4	Buner	Daggar	1,865	506,048	271
	5	Charsadda	Charsadda	996	1,022,364	1,026
	6	Chitral	Chitral	14,850	318,689	21
	7	Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	7,326	852,995	116
	8	Hangu	Hangu	1,097	314,529	287
	9	Haripur	Haripur	1,725	692,228	401
	10	Karak	Karak	3,372	430,796	128
	11	Kohat	Kohat	2,545	562,644	221
	12	Kohistan	Dassu	7,492	472,570	63
	13	Lakki Marwat	Lakki Marwat	3,164	490,025	155
	14	Lower Dir	Timergara	1,582	717,649	454
	15	Malakand	Batkhela	952	452,291	475
	16	Mansehra	Mansehra	4,579	1,152,839	252
	17	Mardan	Mardan	1,632	1,460,100	895
	18	Nowshera	Nowshera	1,748	874,373	500
	19	Peshawar	Peshawar	1,257	2,019,118	1,606
	20	Shangla	Alpuri	1,586	434,563	274
	21	Swabi	Swabi	1,543	1,026,804	665
	22	Swat	Saidu Sharif	5,337	1,257,602	290
	23	Tank	Tank	1,679	238,216	142
	24	Tor Ghar	Tor Ghar	497	185,000	372
	25	Upper Dir	Dir	3,699	575,858	156

Punjab

Map	Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
	1	Attock	Attock	6,858	1,274,935	186
	2	Bahawalnagar	Bahawalnagar	8,878	2,061,447	232
	3	Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	24,830	2,433,091	98
	4	Bhakkar	Bhakkar	8,153	1,051,456	129
	5	Chakwal	Chakwal	6,524	1,083,725	166
	6	Chiniot	Chiniot		965,124
	7	Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	11,922	2,643,118	238
	8	Faisalabad	Faisalabad	5,856	5,429,547	927
	9	Gujranwala	Gujranwala	3,622	3,400,940	939
	10	Gujrat	Gujrat	3,192	2,048,008	642
	11	Hafizabad	Hafizabad	2,367	832,980	352
	12	Jhang	Jhang	8,809	2,834,546	322
	13	Jhelum	Jhelum	3,587	936,957	261
	14	Kasur	Kasur	3,995	2,375,875	595
	15	Khanewal	Khanewal	4,349	2,068,490	476
	16	Khushab	Khushab	6,511	1,205,460	185
	17	Lahore	Lahore	1,772	6,318,745	3,566
	18	Layyah	Layyah	6,291	1,120,951	178
	19	Lodhran	Lodhran	2,778	1,171,800	422
	20	Mandi Bahauddin	Mandi Bahauddin	2,673	1,160,552	434
	21	Mianwali	Mianwali	5,840	1,056,620	181
	22	Multan	Multan	3,720	3,116,851	838
	23	Muzaffargarh	Muzaffargarh	8,249	2,635,903	320
	24	Narowal	Narowal	2,337	1,265,097	541
	25	Nankana Sahib[2]	Nankana Sahib	2,960	1,410,000
	26	Okara	Okara	4,377	2,232,992	510
	27	Pakpattan	Pakpattan	2,724	1,286,680	472
	28	Rahim Yar Khan	Rahim Yar Khan	11,880	3,141,053	264
	29	Rajanpur	Rajanpur	12,319	1,103,618	90
	30	Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	5,286	3,363,911	636
	31	Sahiwal	Sahiwal	3,201	1,843,194	576
	32	Sargodha	Sargodha	5,854	2,665,979	455
	33	Sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	5,960	3,321,029	557
	34	Sialkot	Sialkot	3,016	2,723,481	903
	35	Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	3,252	1,621,593	499
	36	Vehari	Vehari	4,364	2,090,416	479

Sindh

Map	Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population  (in 2012)	Density  (people/km²)
	1	Badin	Badin	6,726	1,136,044	169
	2	Dadu	Dadu	19,070	1,688,811	89
	3	Ghotki	Mirpur Mathelo	6,083	970,549	160
	4	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	5,519	1,565,000	524
	5	Jacobabad	Jacobabad	5,278	1,425,572	270
	6	Jamshoro[1]	Jamshoro
	7	KARACHI (East, West, South, Central, Malir, Korangi)	Karachi	3,527	13,215,631	2,795
	8	Kashmore[1]	Kashmore	2,592	662,462	255
	9	Khairpur	Khairpur	15,910	1,546,587	97
	10	Larkana	Larkana	7,423	1,927,066	260
	11	Matiari	Matiari	1,417	515,331	364
	12	Mirpurkhas	Mirpur Khas	2,925	1,569,030	536
	13	Naushahro Firoze	Naushahro Feroze	2,945	1,087,571	369
	14	Shaheed Benazirabad	Nawabshah	4,502	1,071,533	238
	15	Kambar Shahdadkot	Kambar
	16	Sanghar	Sanghar	10,720	1,453,028	135
	17	Sujawal	Sujawal	-	-	-
	18	Shikarpur	Shikarpur	2,512	890,438	350
	19	Sukkur	Sukkur	5,165	908,373	176
	20	Tando Allahyar	Tando Allahyar	2,310	550,000	238
	21	Tando Muhammad Khan	Tando Muhammad Khan	1,733	447,215	257
	22	Tharparkar	Mithi	19,638	914,291	47
	23	Thatta	Thatta	17,355	1,113,194	64
	24	Umerkot [12]	Umerkot		663,100

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Map	Sr. No.	Agency	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
	1	Bajaur Agency	Khar	1,290	595,227	461
	2	Khyber Agency	Landi Kotal	2,576	546,730	212
	3	Kurram Agency	Parachinar	3,380	448,310	133
	4	Mohmand Agency	Ghalanai	2,296	334,453	146
	5	North Waziristan Agency	Miranshah	4,707	361,246	77
	6	Orakzai Agency	Kalaya	1,538	225,441	147
	7	South Waziristan Agency	Wana	6,620	429,841	65
	8	FR Bannu	Bannu	745	19,593	26
	9	FR Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	2,008	38,990	19
	10	FR Kohat	Kohat	446	88,456	198
	11	FR Lakki Marwat	Lakki Marwat	132	6,987	53
	12	FR Peshawar	Peshawar	261	53,841	206
	13	FR Tank	Tank, Pakistan	1,221	27,216	22

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Map	Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
	1	Muzaffarabad	Muzaffarabad	2,496	615,000	375
	2	Hattian	Hattian Bala	854	225,000	263
	3	Neelum	Athmuqam	3,621	171,000	47
	4	Mirpur	Mirpur	1,010	419,000	415
	5	Bhimber	Bhimber	1,516	401,000	265
	6	Kotli	Kotli	1,862	746,000	401
	7	Poonch	Rawalakot	855	524,000	613
	8	Bagh	Bagh	1,368	351,000	456
	9	Haveli	Forward Kahuta	598	138,000	231
	10	Sudhnati	Pallandari	569	278,000	489

Gilgit–Baltistan

Map	Sr. No.	District	Capital'	Area (km²)	Population (1998)
	1	Astore	Eidgah	8,657	71,666
	2	Diamer	Chilas	10,936	131,925
	3	Ghizer	Gakuch	9,635	120,218
	4	Ghanche	Khaplu	6,400	88,366
	5	Gilgit	Gilgit	1155	243,324
	6	Hunza-Nagar	Aliabad	25,145	165,355
	7	Skardu	Skardu	15,000	214,848

See also

• Administrative units of Pakistan
• List of Pakistani Districts by Human Development Index

References

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

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v t e List of Districts of Pakistan Districts by Human Development Index   Districts of Punjab Attock Bahawalnagar Bahawalpur Bhakkar Chakwal Chiniot Dera Ghazi Khan Faisalabad Gujranwala Gujrat Hafizabad Jhang Jhelum Kasur Khanewal Khushab Lahore Layyah Lodhran Mandi Bahauddin Mianwali Multan Muzaffargarh Narowal Nankana Sahib Okara Pakpattan Rahim Yar Khan Rajanpur Rawalpindi Sahiwal Sargodha Sheikhupura Sialkot Toba Tek Singh Vehari   Districts of Balochistan Awaran Barkhan Bolan Chagai Dera Bugti Gwadar Harnai Jafarabad Jhal Magsi Kalat Kech Kharan Khuzdar Kohlu Lasbela Loralai Mastung Musakhel Nasirabad Nushki Panjgur Pishin Qilla Abdullah Qilla Saifullah Quetta Sherani Sibi Washuk Zhob Ziarat   Districts of Sindh Badin Dadu Ghotki Hyderabad Jacobabad Jamshoro KARACHI East West South Central Malir Kashmore Khairpur Larkana Matiari Mirpurkhas Naushahro Firoze Shaheed Benazirabad Kambar Shahdadkot Sanghar Shikarpur Shikarpur Tando Allahyar Tando Muhammad Khan Tharparkar Thatta Umerkot   Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Abbottabad Bannu Battagram Buner Charsadda Chitral Dera Ismail Khan Hangu Haripur Karak Kohat Kohistan Lakki Marwat Lower Dir Malakand Mansehra Mardan Nowshera Peshawar Shangla Swabi Swat Tank Tor Ghar Upper Dir   Federally Administered Tribal Areas Bajaur Agency Khyber Agency Kurram Agency Mohmand Agency North Waziristan Agency Orakzai Agency South Waziristan Agency FR Bannu FR Dera Ismail Khan FR Kohat FR Lakki Marwat FR Peshawar FR Tank   Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad Hattian Neelum Mirpur Bhimber Kotli Poonch Bagh Haveli Sudhnati   Gilgit–Baltistan Astore Diamer Ghizer Ghanche Gilgit Hunza-Nagar Kharmang Skardu Shigar Pakistan --- Category --- Portal