Quetta Division

Quetta Division
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کویٹه ولایت‎
Map of Quetta Division
Map of Quetta Division
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
CapitalQuetta
Established14 October 1955
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerMuhammad Hamza Shafqaat (BPS-20 PAS)
 • Regional Police OfficerAbdul Hayee Baloch (BPS-20 PSP)
Area
 • Division
14,559 km2 (5,621 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Division
4,259,163
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,974,854 (46.37%)
 • Rural
2,284,309 (53.63%)
Language Speakers
 • Speakers
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (51.68%)
  • Male:
    (61.62%)
  • Female:
    (41.06 %)
Websitequetta.balochistan.gov.pk

Quetta Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan, being the third tier of government. CNIC Code of Quetta Division is 54.

In 2015, the Balochistan Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the provincial government to establish a new Rakhshan Division comprising the districts of Nushki, Chagai, Kharan, and Washuk which were parts of Quetta and Kalat.

  1. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2024-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  2. ^ "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).

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