Nushki District

Nushki District
District
Map of Pakistani District with Nushki higlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Quetta Division
Headquarters	Nushki
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Number of Tehsils	1

Nushki District (Urdu: ضلع نوشکی‎) is one of the districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan. The administration of the Nushki district was taken over from the Khan of Kalat by the Indian government in 1896, and was leased from him on a perpetual quit rent in 1899.

History

Nushki initially belongs to rakhshanis i.e., mandaee and badini including jamaldin tribes. Later on khan of kallat sent Mengal and sumalani tribes along with pirkani, sarparah and rodeni tribes as border security force against Afghan invaders.

Administration

The district of Nushki is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils:

Nushki

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nushki District.

Nushki District at www.balochistan.gov.pk

Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan

Provincial capital: Quetta

Kalat	Awaran Kalat Kharan Khuzdar Lasbela Mastung Washuk

Makran	Gwadar Kech Panjgur Mand

Nasirabad	Jafarabad Jhal Magsi Kachhi Nasirabad Lehri Sohbatpur

Quetta	Chagai Killa Abdullah District Nushki Pishin Quetta

Sibi	Dera Bugti Harnai Kohlu Sibi Ziarat

Zhob	Barkhan Killa Saifullah District Loralai Musakhel Sherani Zhob

Coordinates: 29°30′N 65°40′E / 29.500°N 65.667°E / 29.500; 65.667

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