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Kalat or
Qalat (
Urdu: قلات) is a
district in
Balochistan,
Pakistan. It is one of 26 in that province, and encompasses an area of
6,621 km². The population of the district is estimated to be over 400,00 in 2005. The district is governed from the city of
Kalat.
Kalat was notified as a district on
February 3,
1954. At that time
Khuzdar and
Mastung districts were sub-divisions of
Kalat (which then also included
Bolan,
Jhal Magsi and
Nasirabad (Dera Murad Jamali); these were separated in 1965 as
Kachhi District).
Khuzdar became a separate district by notification of
1 March 1974, while
Mastung was announced to be separate district on
18 February 1992. The district draws its name from the ancient city of Kalat. The old name of the district headquarters was Kahan. The current district consists of two sub-divisions, for example Kalat and Surab, five tehsils: Kalat Mangochar, Johan, Gazgz, and Surab, 81 patwar circles and 614 mauza (villages).
The climate is arid, hot in summer and cold in winter, with most rainfall occurring in the winter. The terrain is mountainous with several valleys and one main river, the
Moro. The main economic activities are agriculture and livestock farming.
Tehsils of Kalat
Population
According to the census of
1995, 89% of the population speak the
Brahui language and 10% the
Balochi language; presumably, this refers to the proportions of the population that name the said language as their native tongue. Over 98% of the population is
Muslim. There is a small
Zikri minority. The major
Baloch tribes of the district are
Dehwar,
Mengal and
Zehri.
Also see
City of Kalat
Kalat Khanate
Kalat County in Iran
Further Information
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