List of districts of Pakistan
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The Districts of Pakistan (Urdu: اِضلاعِ پاكِستان), are the third 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 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.[1][note 1] The new districts were carved out of Larkana, Dadu, Jacobabad and Mirpurkhas districts.
In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhupura District to a district in its own right.[2][note 2] On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored again the districts of Karachi South, Karachi East, Malir, Karachi West and Karachi Central, then later in 2013, the district of Korangi was carved out of Karachi East District.
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 nine 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.
Contents
Overview
Sr. No. | Subdivision | Districts | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) | Country of Comparable Size |
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1 | Balochistan | 32[3] | 347,190 | 6,566,000 | 18.9 | Germany |
2 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 26[4] | 74 521 | 17,744,000 | 238.1 | Panama |
3 | Punjab | 36[5] | 205,345 | 73,621,000 | 358.52 | Belarus |
4 | Sindh | 29[6] | 140,914 | 30,440,000 | 216.02 | Tajikistan |
5 | Islamabad Capital Territory | 1 | 906 | 805,000 | 880.8 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
6 | Federally Administered Tribal Areas | 7 tribal agencies and 6 frontier regions | 27,220 | 3,176,000 | 116.7 | Rwanda |
7 | Azad Jammu & Kashmir | 10 | 13,297 | 2,972,500 | 258 | Montenegro |
8 | Gilgit Baltistan | 10 | 72,971 | 35,00,000 | 24.8 | Sierra Leone |
Balochistan
Sr. No. | District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) | |
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450x1000px | 1 | Awaran | Awaran | 12,510 | 118,173 | 4 |
2 | Barkhan | Barkhan | 3,514 | 103,545 | 29 | |
3 | Kachhi (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][note 3] | 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[note 4] | Sherani | ||||
27 | Sibi | Sibi | 7,796 | 180,398 | 23 | |
28 | Washuk[note 5] | 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) |
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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 | 1,597 | 614,529 | 385 | |
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 | Upper 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 | Upper Dir | Dir | 3,699 | 575,858 | 156 | |
25 | Tor Ghar | Tor Ghar | 497 | 185,000 | 372 | |
26 | Lower Kohistan | Pattan | 7,492 | 472,570 | 63 |
Note: In this map the Upper and Lower Kohistan District both are shown as one district on no.12 of map. Tor Ghar is shown with Manshera district on no. 16.
Punjab
Map | Sr. No. | District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
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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 | 4,796 | 1,466,000 | 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 | 3,004 | 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 | 15,960 | 2,321,029 | 557 | |
34 | Sialkot | Sialkot | 3,016 | 1,688,823 | 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) |
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400x550px | 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[note 1] | Jamshoro | ||||
7 (7, 25-29) | Karachi (East, West, South, Central, Malir, Korangi) |
Karachi | 3,527 | 13,215,631 | 2,795 | |
8 | Kashmore[note 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 | Qambar | ||||
16 | Sanghar | Sanghar | 10,720 | 1,453,028 | 135 | |
17 | Shikarpur | Shikarpur | ||||
18 | Sukkur | Sukkur | 2,512 | 890,438 | 350 | |
19 | Tando Allahyar | Tando Allahyar | 5,165 | 908,373 | 176 | |
20 | Tando Muhammad Khan | Tando Muhammad Khan | 2,310 | 550,000 | 238 | |
21 | Tharparkar | Mithi | 19,638 | 955,812 | 49 | |
22 | Thatta | Thatta | 19,638 | 914,291 | 47 | |
23 | Umerkot[10] | Umerkot | 17,355 | 1,113,194 | 64 | |
24 | Sujawal | Sujawal | 7,355 | 383,194 | 18 | |
7 (7) | Karachi Central | Karachi | ||||
25 (7) | Karachi East | Karachi | ||||
26 (7) | Karachi South | Karachi | ||||
27 (7) | Karachi West | Karachi | ||||
28 (7) | Korangi | Korangi | ||||
29 (7) | Malir | Malir |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
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Map | Sr. No. | Agency | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
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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 | 770 | 351,000 | 456 | |
9 | Haveli | Forward Kahuta | 598 | 138,000 | 231 | |
10 | Sudhnati | Pallandari | 569 | 278,000 | 489 |
Gilgit–Baltistan
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Map | Sr. No. | District | Capital | Area (km²) | Population (1998) |
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300x350px | 1 | Ghanche | Khaplu | 6,400 | 88,366 |
2 | Skardu | Skardu | 15,000 | 214,848 | |
3 | Astore | Eidgah | 8,657 | 71,666 | |
4 | Diamer | Chilas | 10,936 | 131,925 | |
5 | Ghizer | Gakuch | 9,635 | 120,218 | |
6 | Gilgit | Gilgit | 38,000 | 243,324 | |
7 | Hunza | Ali Abad | 17,145 | 80,355 | |
8 | Kharmang | Tolti | 20,000[11] | ||
9 | Shigar | Shigar | NA | NA | |
10 | Nagar | Nagar 2 | 15,567 | 89,420 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 No data is available on the recently created districts of Sindh province.
- ↑ No data is available on the recently created district of Nankana, which was part of Sheikhupura district.
- ↑ No data is yet available on the recently created district of Harnai, which was part of Sibi district.
- ↑ No data is yet available on the recently created district of Sherani, which was part of Zhob district.
- ↑ No data is yet available on the recently created district of Washuk, which was part of Kharan district.
All the figures require to be re-checked. Data entry error has occurred in Sindh Province.
References
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Further reading
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External links
- List of districts from the Population Census Organization (Government of Pakistan)