Kech (district)

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Kech district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Seat : Turbat
Coordinates : 26 ° 0 ′  N , 63 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 26 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 63 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 22,539 km²
 
Residents : 909,116 (2017)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, location of Kech district highlighted

The Kech District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Balochistan Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of Turbat . The district contains the second largest city in Balochistan and is considered the center of the Makran region .

The district has an area of ​​22,539 km² and according to the 2017 census 909,116 inhabitants. The population density is 40 inhabitants / km².

geography

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

history

The district was created in 1977 from parts of the Makran district under the name Turbat. In 1995 the district was renamed Kech.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into six tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew at an annual rate of 4.23% and therefore very quickly. About 33% of the population live in urban areas and about 67% in rural areas. 494,443 men, 414,663 women and 10 transgender people live in 138,403 households , which results in a gender ratio of 119.2 men per 100 women and thus a common surplus of men for Pakistan.

year population
1998 413.204
2017 909.116

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kech - Government of Balochistan. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .