Awaran District
Awaran District
ضلع آواران | |
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Map of Pakistani districts with Awaran district highlighted in maroon | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| Division | Qalat |
| Notified | 11 November 1992 |
| Headquarters | Awaran |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Engineer Ayesha Zehri |
| • District Health Officer | Dr Muhammad Aslam |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• District | 29,510 km2 (11,390 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• District | 178,958 |
| • Density | 6.064/km2 (15.71/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 46,836 (26.27%) |
| • Rural | 132,122 (73.73%) |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| Tehsils | Awaran Jhal Jhao Mashkai |
| Website | www.bdd.sdnpk.org/awaran.htm |
Awaran District (Balochi and Urdu: ضلع آواران), is a district in the southern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is part of the Kalat division.
It was created as a separate district on 11 November 1992; previously it was a sub-division of Khuzdar District. It is considered one of the poorest districts in the province.
Awaran district is bordered by Gwadar to its south, Lasbela to its east, Kech and Panjgur to its west, Khuzdar to its north east and Washuk to its north west.