Lasbela District

Lasbela District (Urdu and Balochi: لسبیلہ‎) is a coastal district of Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Lasbela District
ضلع لسبیلہ
District
Map of Balochistan with Lasbela District highlighted
Coordinates: 20°13′38″N 66°18′22″E
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionKalat
EstablishedJune 1954[1]
HeadquartersUthal
Government
 • Deputy CommissionerHassan Waqar Cheema
 • CommissionerMuhammad Hashim Ghilzai
Area
 • Total15,153 km2 (5,851 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total574,292
 • Density38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils5

It became a separate district in Kalat Division on 30 June 1954. Uthal is the district headquarters. The district is divided into 5 Tehsils and 22 union councils. The famous Hinglaj Mata mandir, a Hindu holy site located in the Hingol National Park, is situated in Lasbela district. The annual Hinglaj Yathra where more than 250,000 Hindu devotees participate every year.[3]

Administration

The district of Lasbela is administratively divided in five tehsils one sub-tehsil and 22 Union Councils.

Union Councils are given below:

Tehsil Bela

  1. Bela
  2. Welpat Shumali
  3. Welpat Junubi
  4. Kathor
  5. Gador

Tehsil Uthal

  1. Uthal[4]
  2. Wayara
  3. Kenwari
  4. Lakhra[4]
  5. Sheh
  6. Liari

Tehsil Hub

  1. Allahabad
  2. Pathra
  3. Barot
  4. Sakran
  5. Gaddani
  6. Winder
  7. Sonmiani
  8. Kanraj

Tehsil Dureji

  1. Dureji
  2. Lohi

Geography

The main rivers of Lasbela are Porali River with its tributaries, Winder River and Wirhab River. Other rivers are the Phor and Hingol which rise in Awaran District before flowing through Lasbela on their way to the Arabian Sea.[6]

Demographics

The population according to the 1998 census was 313,000,[7] 37% of which resided in urban areas.[8] The overal literacy rate was 22.3% with a large disparity between males (32.2%) and females (10.5%).[9]

According to the 1998 census, 98.33% of the overall population were Muslim, while 1.37% were Hindu and 0.14% Christian.[8] The major languages are Balochi (65%) and Sindhi (24%).[10] The main ethnic groups are the Baloch and the Lasis, the latter of which speak the Lasi dialect of Sindhi.

Education

The Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Science is located in Uthal.

Economy

In the south east, an oil refinery was constructed in 2014 at Hub in Lasbela District which is capable of processing 120,000 barrels of oil. Furthermore, a power station is located adjacent to refinery, that produces about 1350 MW of power.[5]

Bibliography
  • 1998 District census report of Lasbela. Census publication. 57. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

References
  1. "History of Lasbela". Lasbela District Government website. 1 August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS, CENSUS 2017" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (Census 2017), Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. Ali Xafar (20 April 2016). "Mata Hinglaj Yatra: To Hingol, a pilgrimage to reincarnation". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. Saleem Shahid and Abdul Wahid Shahwani (24 February 2019). "Efforts on to rescue people from Balochistan's flood-hit areas". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. Saad Hasan (4 July 2014). "A matter of weeks: Byco ready to utilise its Hub refinery". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. 1998 Census report, p. 2.
  7. 1998 Census report, p. 21.
  8. 1998 Census report, p. 24.
  9. 1998 Census report, p. 31.
  10. 1998 Census report, p. 26.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.