
Balochistan, Pakistan
Balochistan is a province 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... Wikipedia
- Country: Pakistan
- Established: 1 July 1970
- Capital, and largest city: Quetta
- Type: Self-governing province subject to the federal government
- Body: Government of Balochistan
- Governor: Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail
- Chief Minister: Sarfraz Bugti
- Chief Secretary: Shakeel Qadir Khan
- Legislature: Provincial Assembly
- High Court: Balochistan High Court
- Area rank: 1st
- Population (2023): 14,894,402
- Rank: 4th
- Time zone: PKT (UTC+05:00)
- ISO 3166 code: PK-BA
- Main language(s): Urdu, English (official), Spoken Languages: Balochi, Pashto, Brahui, Sindhi
- Notable sports teams: Quetta Gladiators, Quetta Bears, Balochistan cricket team
- HDI (2019): 0.475, low
- Literacy rate (2020): 54.5%
- Seats in National Assembly: 20
- Seats in Provincial Assembly: 65
- Divisions: 8
- Districts: 35
- Tehsils: 134
- Union Councils: 978
- Data source: DuckDuckGo