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Nushki

Field	Value
name	Nushki
other_name	Noshky
native_name	{{nq	نوشکے}}
native_name_lang	Brahui
settlement_type	City
image_skyline	File:Camel in the Nushki Desert.jpg
image_caption	A camel in the Nushki Desert
nickname	City of the golden deserts
pushpin_map	Balochistan Pakistan#Pakistan
pushpin_relief	1
pushpin_label_position	bottom
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Balochistan
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Nushki District
population_total	48,572
population_as_of	2023 census
website

Nushki (Balochi and Brahvi: {{nq|نوشکے}} or Noshkay, Nushkay; ) is a city in Nushki District of Balochistan, Pakistan. It lies in the southwest of Quetta, the provincial capital, at an elevation of 2900 ft above sea level. From Nushki, the flat Balochistan desert stretches northward and westward to the Helmand River.

History

Nushki was a starting point for the British exploration of Central Asia. The British, concerned that their colonies in India would be attacked overland by either Napoleon or the Russians, sent two British officers, Captain Charles Christie and Lieutenant Henry Pottinger, to explore the regions between Balochistan and Persia, which was then allied with the British. Christie and Pottinger traveled from the coast to Kelat (now Kalat) and separated at Nushki on March 22, 1810, with Christie going northwest to Herat and Pottinger traveling west across the deserts. It was unlikely that either of the two men would be accepted by the locals, and they concealed their identities by posing as horse traders or holy men during their respective journeys. They were reunited in Isfahan on June 30, 1810, with Christie having ridden 2,250 miles and Pottinger having ridden 2,412 miles.

Demographics

Population

According to 2023 census, Nushki had a population of 48,572.

References

{{Cite EB1911
Peter Hopkirk, ''The Great Game'' (1994), pp. 38–55.
"Population by administrative units 1951-1998". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
"URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN".

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