Zhob District
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Zhob District
Area	km²
Population ()  • Density	• /km²
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Established  • District Nazim  • District Naib Nazim  • District Council  • Number of Tehsils	• Moulvi Habib-ur-Rehman  • Sarwar Khan  •  seats   • 5
Main language(s)
Website	[1]

Zhob (Urdu: ژوب ) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob district is a Provincially Administered Tribal Area (PATA). Zhob district is subdivided into three subdistricts: Zhob, Kakkar and Sherani. The population of Zhob district is estimated to be over 500,000 in 2005. Zhob River is used for irrigation in the Zhob district.

Administration

There are currently five tehsils in Zhob District.^[1]

• • Ashwat, subtehsil
  • Qamar Din Karez (Qamardin karaiz)
  • Sambaza, subtehsil
  • Sherani, subtehsil
  • Zhob

Population

The vast majority of the population of Zhob district is Pakhtun. It is likely that over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims, with tiny numbers of Christians and Sikhs.

References

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Zhob.

External links

• Map of Zhor District

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Coordinates: 31°10′N 68°50′E / 31.167, 68.833