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Mastung, Pakistan

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nameMastung
settlement_typeTown
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Balochistan
subdivision_type2Division
subdivision_name2Kalat
subdivision_type3District
subdivision_name3Mastung
population_total40,374
population_as_of2023
population_footnotes
elevation_m1701
blank_name_sec2Number of Union councils
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area_code_typeCalling code
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Mastung in Pakistan

Mastung (Balochi and Urdu: ), is a town in the Balochistan province and serves as headquarters of Mastung District. It sits at an altitude of 1,701 metres (5583 feet). and is also the administrative centre for Mastung Tehsil, a subdivision of the district. The town is further divided into two Union Councils. Mastung is part of Sarawan, which was a division of the former princely state of Kalat. The primary languages spoken by the people in Mastung are Brahui and Balochi.

History

Mastung was known to the 10th-century geographers al-Muqaddasi and Istakhri, who both listed it among the towns in the province of Bālis, also called Bālish or Wālishtān, whose capital was Sibi.

The Ain-i-Akbari, written during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar in the late 1500s, lists Mastung as one of the 24 mahals included in the Sarkar of Kandahar. At that time, Mastung was defended by a mud brick fort and produced a yearly revenue of 10 tumans and 8,000 dinars in cash alongside 470 kharwars of grain. Its population was a mixture of Afghans and Balochs.**

The 2017 Mastung suicide bombing killed 28 and injured 40. A 2018 suicide bombing killed 149 and injured 186. The town was once again the site of a suicide bombing in 2023.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Mastung had a population of 40,374.

There are numerous Baloch as well as Pashtun tribes populated in Mastung, the tribes include Bangulzai, Shahwani, Pirkani, Sarpara, Raisani (Tareen) and Muhammad Shahi Khilji]], which are the most common tribes and are politically active and leading in the area other tribes include Dehwar, Lehri, Satakzai, Bangulzai, Tareen, Ali Zai and several more.

Religion

Religious
group19412017Pop.%Pop.%Total population3,14034,997
Islam [[File:Star and Crescent.svg15px]]2,96334,369
Hinduism [[File:Om.svg15px]]124416
Sikhism [[File:Khanda.svg15px]]28
Christianity [[File:Christian cross.svg15px]]25201
Others011

References

Notes

References

  1. "Balochistān (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  2. [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/02/Mastung.html Location of Mastung – Falling Rain Genomics]
  3. {{The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate
  4. (1891). "The Ain-i-Akbari". Asiatic Society of Bengal.
  5. "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
  6. "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN".
  7. "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mastung – Government of Pakistan".
  8. "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XIV BALUCHISTAN".
  9. "Final Results (Census-2017)".
  10. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) TABLE 9 - POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN".
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