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Gwadar District
Gwadar District
	— District —
	Map of Balochistan with Gwadar District highlighted;
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Capital	Gwadar
Established	July 1977
	Government
- District Nazim	Mir Abdul Ghafoor
- District Naib Nazim	Abdul Ghaffar Hoth
	Area
- Total	15,216 km2 (5,874.9 sq mi)
	Population (2005)
- Total	250,000
- Density	16.4/km2 (42.5/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
District Council
Number of Tehsils	3
Website	gwadar.sdnpk.org

Gwadar was notified as a district on July 1, 1977 when Makran Division was created and divided into three districts. Gwadar is the headquarters of Gwadar District. Previously it was one of 3 tehsils of Makran District before the district was upgraded to a division. For administrative purposes, the district is divided into two sub-divisions, namely Gwadar and Pasni. These sub-divisions are further divided into tehsils and sub-tehsils. Gwadar sub-division comprises two tehsils, named Gwadar and Jiwani, and one sub-tehsil named Suntsar. Pasni sub-division is divided into Pasni and Ormara tehsils. Gwadar district, with its 600 kilometres long coast line and un-irrigated tracts of Kulanch and Dasht valleys, has always been an important chapter of Makran’s history.

[edit] Administration

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

[edit] Demography

According to the 1998 census the population of Gwadar District was 178,989^[1] of whom 93% were Muslim with a small minority of Hindus, the population was estimated to be over 250,000 in 2005. The major Baloch tribes of the district are Kalmati, Raees, Zeno Zai, Poz Hoth and Shehzada.

[edit] References

^ 1998 CENSUS - BALOCHISTAN

Coordinates: 25°20′N 63°20′E / 25.333°N 63.333°E / 25.333; 63.333

[0] 1998 CENSUS - BALOCHISTAN

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