Bolan District

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Bolan District

Area	8,036 km²
Population (2005 Estimate) • Density	450,000 • /km²
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Established • District Nazim • District Naib Nazim • District Council • Number of Tehsils	December 1991 • Mir Sardar Khan Rind • Syed Naseer Ahmed Shah • {{{seats}}} seats • 6
Main language(s)	Balochi,sindhi
Website	http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/Bolan.htm

Bolan (Urdu: بولان) district is in the centre of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The Bolan area remained under one district Kachhi until 31 December 1991. The Deputy Commissioner’s office started functioning on 17 May 1992, Bolan became one of the four districts of Nasirabad Division - until the abolition of Divisions in 2000. The district is named after the historic Bolan Pass. The pass, 85 kilometres long, extends from Kolpur, the highest place in Bolan district with an altitude of 2,200 metres above sea level. The area included in the Bolan district is 8,036 sq. km. Tehsils and Mozas of the Bolan district are: Mach, Dhadar, Nari Bala, Sanni, Khattan, Bhag and Lehri.

[edit] Tehsils of Bolan

Balanari
Bhag
Dhadar
Khattan
Mach
Sani

[edit] Population

From centuries the main tribe of bolan is kurd and chief of bolan and the most promenent personality of bolan is Sardar Dinnar Khan Kurd.The population of Bolan districts in 2005 is estimated to be over 450,000. Muslims constitute over 99% of the population. There is a small Hindu minority in Bhag sub-division. The major Baloch tribes of the district are: Kurd Raisani, Domki, Rind,and Jamot. Airy and Sheikh also main population of tehsil Bhag

[edit] Main Tribes

Kurd, Raisani, Rind, Abro.

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