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The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished. Districts now form the top tier of a three-tier system of local government with the two lower tiers composed of approximately 400 tehsils and more than six thousand union councils.

Prior to 2001, there were 106 districts but with the reorganisation, these were reduced to 102 by the merger of the five districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District. The five districts had formed the division of Karachi which was abolished. The number of districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts^[1] were created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000 and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created.

In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district^[2] by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhpura District to a district in its own right.

In Azad Kashmir, the second tier of government is formed by two administrative divisions with a third tier of eight districts. In the Northern Areas, there are six districts divided between three informal regions.

1 Overview
2 Islamabad Capital Territory
3 Federally Administered Tribal Areas
4 Districts of Balochistan
5 Districts of the North West Frontier Province
6 Districts of Northern Areas
7 Districts of Azad Kashmir
8 Districts of Indian Occupied Kashmir
9 Districts of Punjab
10 Districts of Sindh
11 See also
12 References
13 External links

Islamabad Capital Territory

Subdivision	Number of Districts
Balochistan Province	30
North-West Frontier Province	24
Punjab Province	35
Sindh Province	23
Islamabad Capital Territory	1
Federally Administered Tribal Area	7 Tribal Agencies plus 6 Frontier Regions
Azad Kashmir	8
Northern Areas	6
Pakistan	127 Districts plus 7 Tribal Agencies

Districts	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Islamabad	906	805,235	889

Agency	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Bajaur	1,290	595,227
Khyber	2,576	546,730
Kurram	3,380	448,310
Mohmand	2,296	334,453
North Waziristan	4,707	361,246
Orakzai	1,538	225,441
South Waziristan	6,620	429,841
Six Frontier Regions combined	4,813	235,083
F.R. Bannu District	745	19,550
F.R. D.I.Khan District	2.008	39,373
F.R. Kohat District	446	90,806
F.R. Lakki Marwat District	132	6,955
F.R. Peshawar District	261	53,902
F.R. Tank District	1,221	27,339
FATA	27,220	3,176,331	117

There are 27 districts in Balochistan province.

District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Awaran	29,510	118,173	4
Barkhan	3,514	103,545	29
Bolan	7,499	288,056	38
Chagai^[3]	50,545	202,564	4
Dera Bugti	10,160	181,310	18
Gwadar	12,637	185,498	15
Jafarabad	2,445	432,817	177
Jhal Magsi	3,615	109,941	30
Kalat	6,622	237,834	36
Kech (Turbat)	22,539	413,204	18
Kharan	48,051	206,909	4
Khuzdar	35,380	417,466	12
Kohlu	7,610	99,846	13
Lasbela	15,153	312,695	21
Loralai	9,830	295,555	30
Mastung	5,896	179,784	30
Musakhel	5,728	134,056	23
Naseerabad	3,387	245,894	73
Nushki^[3]
Panjgur	16,891	234,051	14
Pishin	7,819	367,183	47
Qilla Abdullah	3,293	370,269	112
Qilla Saifullah	6,831	193,553	28
Quetta	2,653	744,802	281
Sibi	7,796	180,398	23
Zhob	20,297	275,142	14
Ziarat	1,489	33,340	22
Balochistan Province	347,190	6,563,885	19

There are 24 districts in the North-West Frontier Province.

District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Abbottabad	1,967	880,666	448
Bannu	1,227	675,667	551
Batagram	1,301	307,278	236
Buner	1,865	506,048	271
Charsadda	996	1,022,364	1,026
Chitral	14,850	318,689	21
Dera Ismail Khan	7,326	852,995	116
Hangu	1,097	314,529	287
Haripur	1,725	692,228	401
Karak	3,372	430,796	128
Kohat	2,545	562,644	221
Kohistan	7,492	472,570	63
Lakki Marwat	3,164	490,025	155
Lower Dir	1,582	717,649	454
Malakand	952	452,291	475
Mansehra	4,579	1,152,839	252
Mardan	1,632	1,460,100	895
Nowshera	1,748	874,373	500
Peshawar	1,257	2,019,118	1,606
Shangla	1,586	434,563	274
Swabi	1,543	1,026,804	665
Swat	5,337	1,257,602	236
Tank	1,679	238,216	142
Upper Dir	3,699	575,858	156
North-West Frontier Province	74,521	17,735,912	238

Main article: Districts of Northern Areas

There are 6 districts in Northern Areas administrative region.

Agency	District	Area (km²)	Pop.(1998)	Headquarter
Baltistan	Ghanche	6,400	88,366	Khaplu
	Skardu	15,000	214,848	Skardu
Diamer	Astore	8,657	71,666	Gorikot
	Diamer	10,936	131,925	Chilas
Gilgit	Ghizer	9,635	120,218	Gahkuch
	Gilgit	26,300	243,324	Gilgit
Northern Areas	6 districts	69,971	970,347	-

There are 8 districts in Azad Kashmir

Division	District	Area (km²)	Pop.(1998)	Headquarter
Mirpur	Bhimber	1,516	301,633	Bhimber
	Kotli	1,862	563,094	Kotli
	Mirpur	1,010	333,482	Mirpur
Muzaffarabad	Bagh	1,368	393,415	Bagh
	Muzaffarabad	2,496	638,973	Muzaffarabad
	Neelum^[4] ^[5]	3,621	106,778	Athmaqam
	Poonch	855	411,035	Rawalakot
	Sudhnati	569	334,091	Pallandari
Azad Kashmir	8 districts	13,297	2,972,501	Muzaffarabad

There are 14 districts in Indian occupied Kashmir

Division	District
Jammu division	Doda
	Jammu
	Kathua
	Kathua
	Poonch
	Rajouri
	Udhampur
Kashmir Valley	Islamabad District
	Baramulla
	Budgam
	Kupwara
	Pulwama
	Srinagar
Ladakh region	Kargil
	Leh
Occupied Kashmir	14 districts	101,473	10,069,917	Srinagar (Iqbalabad)

There are 35 districts in Punjab province.

District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)	Year created	District split from
Attock	6,857	1,274,935	186	1904
Bahawalnagar	8,878	2,061,447	232
Bahawalpur	24,830	2,433,091	98
Bhakkar	8,153	1,051,456	129	1981	Mianwali
Chakwal	6,524	1,083,725	166	1985	Attock, Jhelum
Dera Ghazi Khan	11,922	1,643,118	138
Faisalabad	5,856	5,429,547	927
Gujranwala	3,622	3,400,940	939
Gujrat	3,192	2,048,008	642
Hafizabad	2,367	832,980	352	1991	Gujranwala
Jhang	8,809	2,834,545	322
Jhelum	3,587	936,957	261
Kasur	3,995	2,375,875	595	1976	Lahore
Khanewal	4,349	2,068,490	476	1985	Multan
Khushab	6,511	905,711	139
Lahore	1,772	6,318,745	3,566
Layyah	6,291	1,120,951	178	1982	Muzaffargarh
Lodhran	2,778	1,171,800	422
Mandi Bahauddin	2,673	1,160,552	434
Mianwali	5,840	1,056,620	181
Multan	3,720	3,116,851	838
Muzaffargarh	8,249	2,635,903	320
Narowal	2,337	1,265,097	541	1991	Sialkot
Nankana Sahib^[2]
Okara	4,377	2,232,992	510
Pakpattan	2,724	1,286,680	472
Rahim Yar Khan	11,880	3,141,053	264
Rajanpur	12,319	1,103,618	90
Rawalpindi	5,286	3,363,911	636
Sahiwal	3,201	1,843,194	576
Sargodha	5,854	2,665,979	455
Sheikhupura	5,960	3,321,029	557
Sialkot	3,016	2,723,481	903
Toba Tek Singh	3,252	1,621,593	499	1982	Faisalabad
Vehari	4,364	2,090,416	479	1976	Multan
Punjab Province	205,345	73,621,290	359

There are 23 districts in Sindh province.^[6]

District	Area (km²)	Population (1998)	Density (people/km²)
Badin	6,726	1,136,044	169
Dadu	19,070	1,688,811	89
Ghotki	6,083	970,549	160
Hyderabad	5,519	2,891,488	524
Jacobabad	5,278	1,425,572	270
Jamshoro^[1]
Karachi	3,527	9,856,318	2,795
Kashmore^[1]
Khairpur	15,910	1,546,587	97
Larkana	7,423	1,927,066	260
Matiari
Mirpurkhas	2,925	1,569,030	536
Naushahro Firoz	2,945	1,087,571	369
Nawabshah	4,502	1,071,533	238
Kamber and Shahdad Kot
Sanghar	10,728	1,453,028	135
Shikarpur	2,512	880,438	350
Sukkur	5,165	908,373	176
Tando Allahyar
Tando Muhammad Khan
Tharparkar	19,638	914,291	47
Thatta	17,355	1,113,194	64
Umerkot^[1]
Sindh Province	135,306	30,439,893	225

Subdivisions of Pakistan

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (English) Site Edition, Daily Times Newspaper. ""Four new districts in Sindh"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
No data is yet available on the recently-created districts of Sindh province.
^ ^a ^b (English) Internet Edition, Dawn Newspaper. ""Nankana becomes district"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nankana.
^ ^a ^b No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nushki, which was formerly a tehsil of Chagai district.
^ Note: Neelum is a recently created district and no figures are available yet. Refer to the link below.
^ (English) Official website, Government of Azad Kashmir. ""Facts and Figures"". Retrieved on 2006-04-19.
^ Districts of Sindh – URL accessed May 13, 2006

Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. ""List of Districts/Agencies/Tribal Areas"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. ""List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
Country Profiles, South Asian Media Net. ""Pakistan >> District Profiles"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth (with an overlay for district boundaries
Current map of the Districts of Sindh

[sindh-0] (English) Site Edition, Daily Times Newspaper. ""Four new districts in Sindh"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
No data is yet available on the recently-created districts of Sindh province.

[nankana-1] (English) Internet Edition, Dawn Newspaper. ""Nankana becomes district"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nankana.

[nushki-2] No data is yet available on the recently-created district of Nushki, which was formerly a tehsil of Chagai district.

[explain-3] Note: Neelum is a recently created district and no figures are available yet. Refer to the link below.

[neelum-4] (English) Official website, Government of Azad Kashmir. ""Facts and Figures"". Retrieved on 2006-04-19.

[Districts_of_Sindh-5] Districts of Sindh – URL accessed May 13, 2006

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