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Overview of Pakistan

Pakistan
Subdivision Number of districts
Balochistan Province 27
North-West Frontier
24
Province
Punjab Province 36
Sindh Province 23
Islamabad Capital
1
Territory (ICT)
Federally Administered 7 Tribal agencies plus 6 frontier
Tribal Areas (FATA) regions
Azad Kashmir 8
Gilgit-Baltistan 6
125 districts plus 7 tribal
Pakistan
agencies

Islamabad Capital Territory


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

Punjab
There are 36 districts in Punjab province.

Districts of Punjab
Density
S.No Area Populati
District (people/k
. (km²) on (1998)
m²)
1. Attock 6,857 1,274,935 186
Bahawalna
2. 8,878 2,061,447 232
gar
3. Bahawalpur 24,830 2,433,091 98
4. Bhakkar 8,153 1,051,456 129
5. Chakwal 6,524 1,083,725 166
6 Chiniot 965,124
Dera Ghazi
7. 11,922 1,643,118 138
Khan
8. Faisalabad 5,856 5,429,547 927
9. Gujranwala 3,622 3,400,940 939
10. Gujrat 3,192 2,048,008 642
11. Hafizabad 2,367 832,980 352
12. Jhang 8,809 2,834,545 322
13. Jhelum 3,587 936,957 261
14. Kasur 3,995 2,375,875 595
15. Khanewal 4,349 2,068,490 476
16. Khushab 6,511 905,711 139
17. Lahore 1,772 6,318,745 3,566
18. Layyah 6,291 1,120,951 178
19. Lodhran 2,778 1,171,800 422
20. Mandi 2,673 1,160,552 434
Bahauddin
21. Mianwali 5,840 1,056,620 181
22. Multan 3,720 3,116,851 838
Muzaffarga
23. 8,249 2,635,903 320
rh
24. Narowal 2,337 1,265,097 541
Nankana
25. 2,960 1,410,000
Sahib
26. Okara 4,377 2,232,992 510
27. Pakpattan 2,724 1,286,680 472
Rahim Yar
28. 11,880 3,141,053 264
Khan
29. Rajanpur 12,319 1,103,618 90
30. Rawalpindi 5,286 3,363,911 636
31. Sahiwal 3,201 1,843,194 576
32. Sargodha 5,854 2,665,979 455
Sheikhupur
33. 5,960 3,321,029 557
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34. Sialkot 3,016 2,723,481 903
Toba Tek
35. 3,252 1,621,593 499
Singh
36. Vehari 4,364 2,090,416 479
Punjab 205,34 73,621,29
359
Province 5 0

Sindh
There are 24 districts in Sindh province.

Districts of Sindh
Density
Area Populatio
District (people/km²
(km²) n (1998)
)
1. Badin 6,726 1,136,044 169
2. Dadu 19,070 1,688,811 89
3. Ghotki 6,083 970,549 160
4. Hyderabad 5,519 2,891,488 524
5. Jacobabad 5,278 1,425,572 270
6. Jamshoro
7. Karachi 3,527 9,856,318 2,795
8. Kashmore 2,592 662,462 255
9. Khairpur 15,910 1,546,587 97
10. Larkana 7,423 1,927,066 260
11. Matiari 1,417 515,331 364
Mirpurkha
12. 2,925 1,569,030 536
s
Naushahro
13. 2,945 1,087,571 369
Firoz
Nawabsha
14. 4,502 1,071,533 238
h
Qamber
and
15.
Shahdad
Kot
16. Sanghar 10,728 1,453,028 135
17. Shikarpur 2,512 880,438 350
18. Sukkur 5,165 908,373 176
Tando
19.
Allahyar
Tando
20. Muhamma 1,733 447,215 257
d Khan
21. Tharparkar 19,638 914,291 47
22. Thatta 17,355 1,113,194 64
23. Umerkot 663,100
Sindh 140,91 35,470,64
270
Province 4 8

North West Frontier Province


There are 24 districts in the North-West Frontier Province.

Districts of NWFP
Density
S.No Area Populatio
District (people/km
. (km²) n (1998)
²)
Abbottaba
1. 1,967 880,666 448
d
2. Bannu 1,227 675,667 551
3. Batagram 1,301 307,278 236
4. Charsadda 1,865 506,048 271
5. Charsadda 996 1,022,364 1,026
14,85
6. Chitral 318,689 21
0
Dera
7. Ismail 7,326 852,995 116
Khan
8. Hangu 1,097 314,529 287
9. Haripur 1,725 692,228 401
10. Karak 3,372 430,796 128
11. Kohat 2,545 562,644 221
12. Kohistan 7,492 472,570 63
Lakki
13. 3,164 490,025 155
Marwat
14. Lower Dir 1,582 717,649 454
15. Malakand 952 452,291 475
16. Mansehra 4,579 1,152,839 252
17. Mardan 1,632 1,460,100 895
18. Nowshera 1,748 874,373 500
19. Peshawar 1,257 2,019,118 1,606
20. Shangla 1,586 434,563 274
21. Swabi 1,543 1,026,804 665
22. Swat 5,337 1,257,602 236
23. Tank 1,679 238,216 142
24. Upper Dir 3,699 575,858 156
North-
West 74,52 17,735,91
238
Frontier 1 2
Province

Gilgit-Baltistan
Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 7 districts in Gilgit-Baltistan.

S.No. District Area (km²) Pop.(1998)


1. Ghanche 6,400 88,366
2. Skardu 15,000 214,848
3. Astore 8,657 71,666
4. Diamer 10,936 131,925
5. Ghizer 9,635 120,218
6. Gilgit 26,300 243,324
Hunza-Nagar
7.
District
Gilgit- 69,971 870,347
Baltistan

Balochistan
There are 30 districts in Balochistan province.

Districts of Balochistan
Density
S.No Area Populatio
District (people/km
. (km²) n (1998)
²)
1. Awaran 29,510 118,173 4
2. Barkhan 3,514 103,545 29
3. Bolan 7,499 288,056 38
4. Chagai< 50,545 202,564 4
5. Dera Bugti 10,160 181,310 18
6. Gwadar 12,637 185,498 15
7. Harnai
8. Jafarabad 2,445 432,817 177
9. Jhal Magsi 3,615 109,941 30
10. Kalat 6,622 237,834 36
Kech
11. 22,539 413,204 18
(Turbat)
12. Kharan 48,051 206,909 4
13. Khuzdar 35,380 417,466 12
14. Kohlu 7,610 99,846 13
15. Lasbela 15,153 312,695 21
16. Loralai 9,830 295,555 30
17. Mastung 5,896 179,784 30
18. Musakhel 5,728 134,056 23
19. Naseeraba 3,387 245,894 73
d
20. Nushki[7]
21. Panjgur 16,891 234,051 14
22. Pishin 7,819 367,183 47
Qilla
23. 3,293 370,269 112
Abdullah
Qilla
24. 6,831 193,553 28
Saifullah
25. Quetta 2,653 744,802 281
26. Sherani
27. Sibi 7,796 180,398 23
28. Washuk
29. Zhob 20,297 275,142 14
30. Ziarat 1,489 33,340 22
Balochista
347,19
n 6,563,885 19
0
Province

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)


There are 7 agencies and 6 frontier regions in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Agencies of F.A.T.A. in Pakistan
Area Population Density
Agency
(km²) (1998) (people/km²)
Bajaur 1,290 595,227
Khyber 2,576 546,730
Kurram 3,380 448,310
Mohmand 2,296 334,453
North
4,707 361,246
Waziristan
Orakzai 1,538 225,441
South
6,620 429,841
Waziristan
6 Frontier
4,813 235,083
Regions
FATA 27,220 3,176,331 117

Azad Kashmir
Districts of Azad Kashmir
There are 8 districts in Azad Kashmir.

Area Pop.
S.No. District Density
(km²) (1998)
1. Bhimber 1,516 301,633 211
2. Kotli 1,862 563,094 335
3. Mirpur 1,010 333,482 359
4. Bagh 1,368 393,415 311
5. Poonch 855 411,035 525
6. Sudhnati 569 224,091 425
Muzaffaraba
7. 2,496 638,973 136
d
8. Neelum 3,621 106,778 -
Azad
13,297 2,972,501 246
Kashmir

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