Kahan is a village and
tehsil in
Kohlu District in Pakistan's
Balochistan province.
The tehsil had a total population of in 2017.
It is bounded by Kohlu to the north, Barkhan to the North East, Dera Bugti to the East and South East, Sibbi to the west and South West, and Loralai in the west and North West.
Tracks exist leading to
Kohlu,
Dera Bugti
Dera Bugti ( Balochi and Urdu: ) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983.
Administration
The district is administratively subdivided into Four sub-divisions, these are:
* Pirko ...
, and
Sibi. Electricity to the village is provided by a generator and a telephone connection is available. The mainstay of population is farming, but there are also a few shops providing daily necessities.
Kahan is the traditional centre of the
Marri tribe, and the former residence of the tribe's sardar. The village had largely been depopulated in the 1950s after a series of droughts and political shifts involving the move of the sardar to
Quetta and the establishment of
Kohlu as an administrative centre.
Kahan is the native village of politician
Khair Bakhsh Marri
Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri (28 February 1928 – 10 June 2014), bal, نواب خیر بخش مری) was Pakistani politician from the province of Balochistan in Pakistan.
Early life and career
Khair Bakhsh Marri had received his early educ ...
.
See also
*
Siege of Kahun
References
Populated places in Kohlu District
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