Dera Bugti (district)

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Dera Bugti district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Seat : Dera Bugti
Coordinates : 28 ° 30 ′  N , 67 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 67 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 10,159 km²
 
Residents : 312,603 (2017)
Population density : 31 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Dera Bugti district highlighted

The district Dera Bugti , is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Baluchistan . The seat of the district administration is the city of Dera Bugti .

The district has an area of ​​10,159 km² and according to the 2017 census 312,603 ​​inhabitants. The population density is 31 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located on the northeast of Balochistan Province, which is located in western Pakistan and borders Sindh and Punjab .

climate

Dera Bugti's climate is hot and dry in summer and dry and mild in winter. The rainy season is mostly in the months of July, August and September.

history

The Bugti Territory was one of the last areas to come under British colonial rule. The Bugtis defied the British and fought with great courage against British troops in the 19th century. However, an armistice was reached in the last quarter of the century and the rule of the British government was extended to Bugdi.

The modern district emerged in 1983 from the Kohlu district .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

Demographics

The main tribe of the region are the Bugti, a Baluch tribe. The tribe is further divided into different clans. The Bugtis are considered talented riders and good fighters.

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.90% annually. About 32% of the population live in urban areas and about 68% in rural areas. 163,836 men and 148,767 women live in 46,585 households, which results in a gender ratio of 110.1 men per 100 women and thus a frequent surplus of men for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population aged 10 and over was 25% (women: 4%, men: 43%), making it the lowest in the province of Balochistan.

year population
1998 181.310
2017 312,603

economy

The district has gas reserves.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ District Development Profile: Qilla Saifullah. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Index of / DistrictProfile / DDP Final 2012. Accessed June 28, 2019 .
  5. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15 . [online] Islamabad: Government of Pakistan, p.111. In: http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//pslm/publications/PSLM_2014-15_National-Provincial-District_report.pdf