Panjgur (District)

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Panjgur District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Seat : Panjgur
Coordinates : 26 ° 40 ′  N , 64 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 26 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 64 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 16,891 km²
 
Residents : 316,385 (2017)
Population density : 19 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Panjgur district highlighted

The district Panjgur is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Baluchistan . The seat of the district administration is the city of Panjgur .

The district has an area of ​​16,891 km² and according to the 2017 census 316,385 inhabitants. The population density is 19 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the west of the Balochistan Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. Much of Panjgur consists of rough, mountainous, and desert-like terrain.

climate

The climate in Panjgur District is warm in summer and cool in winter. The elevation of the terrain is 465 to 1776 meters above sea level. Rainfall is very rare.

history

The district was formed in 1977 from parts of Makran.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.60% annually. Around 25% of the population live in urban regions and around 75% in rural regions. 166,731 men and 149,654 women live in 42,628 households, resulting in a gender ratio of 111.4 men per 100 women and thus a common surplus of men for Pakistan. The main languages ​​in the district are Baluch , Brahui , Pashtun , Punjabi and others. The lingua franca is Urdu .

year population
1998 234.051
2017 316.385

economy

Most of the workers are employed in agriculture.

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. ^ A b District Development Profile: Panjgur. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .