Gwadar (District)

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Gwadar district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Seat : Gwadar
Coordinates : 25 ° 20 ′  N , 63 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 25 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 63 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 12,637 km²
 
Residents : 263,514 (2017)
Population density : 21 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Gwadar district highlighted

The Gwadar District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Balochistan Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Gwadar .

The district has an area of ​​12,637 km² and according to the 2017 census, 263,514 inhabitants. The population density is 21 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located on the south coast of the Balochistan Province, which is in the west of Pakistan.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into four tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 1.86% annually. About 61% of the population live in urban areas and about 39% in rural areas. 141,771 men, 121,728 women and 15 transgender people live in 39,922 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 116.6 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 for the population aged 10 and over was 62%, while it was only 37% for women.

year population
1972 90,820
1981 112,385
1998 185,498
2017 263,514

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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. ^ 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