Awaran District

Awaran District (Balochi: ضِلع آواران), is a district in the south of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was created as a separate district on 11 November 1992. It is considered the poorest district in the province.^[3]

Population

• 1981 census: 110,353^[2]
• 1998 census: 118,173^[2]
• 2005 estimate: over 200,000^[4]

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into the following 3 tehsils,^[5] which include eight union councils:^[6]

• Awaran^[5] – Awaran,

Gishkaur, Teertaj

• Jhal Jhao^[5] – [[Camp

Jahoo]], Korak

• Mashkai^[5] – Gajjar,

Nokjo, Parwar

Demographics

Over 98% of the people of the area are Muslims^[4] with a small Zikri minority.

Agriculture

Agricultural production in the district is very limited with wheat being the principal crop.^[4] Besides wheat, barley is the other major Rabi crop. Kharif crops are fruitsand pulses.