Mastung (district)

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Masting
ضلع مستونگ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Founded : 1991
Seat : Masting
Coordinates : 29 ° 48 '  N , 67 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 29 ° 48 '0 "  N , 67 ° 0' 0"  E
Area : 5 896  km²
 
Residents : 266,461 (2017)
Population density : 45 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Mastung highlighted

Mastung is a Pakistani district in the Balochistan Province .

On September 20, 2011, 25 people were killed in a presumably religiously motivated attack on Shiite pilgrims.

Web links

Commons : Mastung District  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Deaths in attack on Shiite pilgrims in Pakistan. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 20, 2011, accessed September 21, 2011 .