Ziarat District

Ziarat is a district in the north of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Ziarat town (situated at an altitude of about 2,400 meters) is headquarters of the district of the Sub division, and also of the tehsil. Khalifat Hills have the highest peak with an altitude of 11,400 feet (3,500 m) in Ziarat district.

Ziarat District
District
Map of Balochistan with Ziarat District highlighted
CountryPakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
EstablishedJuly 1986
HeadquartersZiarat
Area
 • Total926 km2 (358 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total160,422
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils2 [3]
Websiteziarat

Administration

Ziarat District was established in July 1986, previously being part of Sibi District.[1] The district, with a population of 52855, is subdivided into two tehsils Ziarat and Sanjawi the latter is the most densely populated having a population of 32,456, while Ziarat Tehsil has a population of 18,000. The district contain a total of ten Union Councils.[3]

Demography

The population of Ziarat district was 33,340 in 1998[4], while a 2005 estimate has it as 100,000. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The main first language of the district is Pashto, spoken by 99.5% of its inhabitants.[5]

Tourism
Ziarat's juniper forest

Ziarat has some of the oldest Juniper forests in the world.[6] A tourist destination, the economy of the district also benefits from orchards of apples and cherries. The Ziarat district has the highest Human Development Index of all districts in the province. The first Governor-General of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, spent last days of his life in Ziarat Residency in Ziarat.

Notable people

References
  1. PCO 1999, p. 13.
  2. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk.
  3. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Ziarat - Government of Pakistan Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "District at a Glance - Ziarat" (PDF). pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. PCO 1999, p. 34.
  6. "Pakistan's Ziarat: An ancient juniper forest and its living fossils". BBC. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

Bibliography
  • 1998 District census report of Ziarat. Census publication. 19. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

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