Qambar Shahdadkot District

Shahdadkot District
District
Map of Sindh with Qambar District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
District created	2005
Headquarters	Qambar
Population (2015)
• Total	1,844,854
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Website	www.sindh.gov.pk

Shahdadkot District () is a district of Sindh, Pakistan.

History

The district was split from Larkana District in December 2005. There was some controversy over the name of the district, with Qambar being favoured initially, but after protests from residents of Shahdadkot, it was renamed to Qambar-Shahdadkot District. The headquarters of the district is Qambar city.

Administration

Administratively it is subdivided into seven Talukas namely Qambar, Shahdadkot, Warah, Miro khan, Nasirabad, Qubo Saeed Khan and Sajawal. The district government comprises seven groups of offices i.e. No health, education, works and services, no finance and planning, No community development, revenue and agriculture besides district administration comprising a District Nazim (mayor), Naib Nazim (deputy mayor) and District Coordination Officer.

References

Districts of Sindh

Provincial capital	Karachi

Districts	Badin Dadu Ghotki Hyderabad Jacobabad Jamshoro KARACHI (East, West, South, Central, Malir, Korangi) Kashmor Khairpur Larkana Matiari Mirpur Khas Shaheed Benazir Abad Naushahro Firoz Qambar Shahdadkot Sanghar Shikarpur Sukkur Tando Allahyar Tando Muhammad Khan Tharparkar Thatta Umerkot

Disputed	Sir Creek (Rann of Kachchh)

Coordinates: 27°35′21″N 68°00′00″E / 27.58917°N 68.00000°E / 27.58917; 68.00000

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