Quetta Division is an administrative division of

Balochistan Province Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

, being the third tier of government. In 2015, the

Balochistan Assembly The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, and is located in Quetta, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution ...

unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the provincial government to establish a new

Rakhshan Division Rakhshan Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. In 2015, the Balochistan Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the provincial government to establish a new division comprising the districts of ...

comprising the districts of

Nushki Nushki ( Urdu , ) is a town and district in Balochistan, Pakistan. It lies in a plain south-west of Quetta, at an elevation of above sea level. From Nushki, the flat Balochistan desert stretches away northward and westward to the Helmand Riv ...

, Chagai, Kharan and Washuk which were parts of Quetta and Kalat.

History

In 14 October 1955,

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of the ...

create a Admistration division of

Districts

It contains the following districts: * Killa Abdullah District * Karezat District *

Pishin District Pishin ( bal, پشین, ps, پښين, ur, ), IPA: pʂin/pçin, is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. In 1975 it was separated from Quetta District, while in 1994 part of it was split off to form the new district of Kil ...

Quetta District Quetta ( ps, کوټه, bal, , ur, ) is a district in the north-west of the Balochistan province of Pakistan, on the border with Kandahar province, Afghanistan. It is part of Quetta Division. The district is famous for its agriculture produce, ...

Chaman District Chaman District ( ps, چمن ولسوالی, bal, چمن, ur, ) is an administrative district of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Chaman District was created after bifurcating Qila Abdullah District. Chaman District is also known as the 'Dry por ...

Demographics

According to 2017 census, Quetta division had a population of 4,170,194, which includes 2,181,934 males and 1,987,906 females. Quetta division constitutes 8,585 Hindus, 4,132,257 Muslims, 26,375 Christians followed by 1,420 Ahmadi and 1557 others.

References

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