Kharan District
Area	km²
Population ()  • Density	• /km²
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Established  • District Nazim  • District Naib Nazim  • District Council  • Number of Tehsils	• Shoukat Ali  • Sardar Gul Hassan  • {{{seats}}} seats   • 5
Main language(s)
Website	[1]

Kharan (Urdu: خاران ) is a district in the north-west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions  Areas between 10000 km² and 100000 km² are listed here Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Pakistan Standard Time (PST is the time zone for Pakistan. It is usually 5 hours ahead of GMT though as of June 1 2008 it is 6 hours ahead due to the use of DST to help decrease UTC+5 is the Timezone for Pakistan Standard Time West Asia Standard Time. A tehsil ( Urdu: تحصیل) (or tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, taluq, mandal) is an Administrative division A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised ||} See also Local government in Pakistan The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan, ranking as subdivisions of the provinces Balochistan, or Baluchistan, Pashto, ( Balochi, Hazara, Brahui, Sindhi, Urdu: بلوچستان Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Kharan was notified as a district in 1951 and the Deputy Commissioner’s office started functioning on March 15th 1952. It is one of the oldest districts of Balochistan. The Deputy Commissioner directly supervises all activities in the district. He also supervises the functions of all Departments through the district-level heads of these Departments. To facilitate the administrative services, the district is divided into four tehsils i. A tehsil ( Urdu: تحصیل) (or tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, taluq, mandal) is an Administrative division e. Kharan, Basima and Kashkhel, eleven Patwar circles and 394 Mauzas (villages). Kharan can refer to Kharan Pakistan, city in Balochistan Kharan District, district of Balochistan Pakistan Kharan Pakistan's second nuclear test were performed in the Kharan desert in 1998 May 30 of a miniaturised device yielding 60 percent of the Ras Koh Hills tests^[1]. Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations Kharan Desert (خاران is a desert located in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Ras Koh ( Ras means way or gate and Koh means mountain; Ras Koh literally "gate of the mountains" or "foothill"

Contents 1 Tehsils 2 Population 3 See also 4 References

Tehsils

The district is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils:

• Besima
• Kharan
• Mashkel
• Nag
• Wasuk

Population

The population of Kharan district was estimated to be over 250,000 in 2005. Kharan can refer to Kharan Pakistan, city in Balochistan Kharan District, district of Balochistan Pakistan Kharan Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The main Baloch tribes of the district are Nosherwani and Mengal. The Baloch ( بلوچ; alternative transliterations Baluch Balouch Bloach Balooch Balush Balosh Baloosh Baloush) are an Iranian people inhabiting The Mengal ( Balochi: مینگل) are a tribe with about 250000 people in Balochistan Pakistan.

See also

• Kharan

References

Administrative Divisions of Balochistan (Pakistan)
Capital	Quetta
Districts	Awaran | Barkhan | Bolan | Chagai | Dera Bugti | Gwadar | Jafarabad | Jhal Magsi | Kalat | Kech | Kharan | Khuzdar | Kohlu | Lasbela | Loralai | Mastung | Musakhel | Nasirabad | Nushki | Panjgur | Pishin | Qilla Abdullah | Qilla Saifullah | Quetta | Sibi | Zhob | Ziarat

Balochistan, or Baluchistan, Pashto, ( Balochi, Hazara, Brahui, Sindhi, Urdu: بلوچستان ( Urdu: کوئٹہ) ( Pashto: کوټه) also spelled Kwatah City is a variation of kwatkot a Pashto word meaning “fort ||} See also Local government in Pakistan The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan, ranking as subdivisions of the provinces Awaran (آواران is a district in the south of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Barkhan (بارخان a district in the north-west of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Bolan (بولان district is in the centre of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Chagai is the largest district of Pakistan and is located on the north west corner of Balochistan, Pakistan. Dera Bugti is a district located in the south west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Gwadar was notified as a district on July 1 1977 when Makran Division was created and divided into three districts Jafarabad or Jaffarabad ( Urdu: جعفر آباد) district lies in the South-East of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. Jhal Magsi district is in the centre of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Kalat or Qalat ( Urdu: قلات is a district in Balochistan, Pakistan. Kech ( Urdu: کیچ) or Turbat district is in the south west of Balochistan, province of Pakistan. Khuzdar ( Urdu: خضدار) district is located in the centre of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Kohlu is a district of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is bounded in the north by Loralai District, Dera Bugti Lasbela is a coastal district of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Loralai is a district in the centre of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Mastung is a district located in the north west of Balochistan province. Musakhel is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Nasirabad (نصیر آباد is a district in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan. Nushki District is one of the districts of Balochistan province Pakistan. Panjgur (پنجگور is a district in the west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Pishin ( Pashto: پشین is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Killa Abdullah or Qilla Abdullah or Abdullah Qilla ( Pashto: قلعہ عبد الله‎) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province Qilla Saifullah, Killa Saifullah or Saifullah Qilla (fort of Saifullah Khan is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Quetta is a district in the north-west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Sibi ( Urdu: سبی) is a district in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan Zhob ( Urdu: ژوب) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Ziarat is a district in the north of Balochistan province of Pakistan.

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