Sui ( Balochi: سوئ), is a sub-district of

Dera Bugti District 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 ...

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. The Sui gas field is located near Sui town. Generally this is the area of Bugti's.

Location

The town of Sui is near the corner where the provinces of Baluchistan, Sindh and Punjab meet. It is about 9 km from Punjab, and 10 km from Sindh. The

Indus River The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...

flows 25 km to the east of it. It is 40 km south of Dera Bugti. Sui has gas compression facilities from where natural gas is pipelined to nearby towns in Punjab and Sindh. It is also pipelined to Quetta, the largest city in Balochistan, about 200 miles away.

Administration

The town of Sui serves as the administrative centre of Sui

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, a subdivision of the district, the town of Sui itself functions as a Union Council.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Dera Bugti - Government of Pakistan
/ref> It is at the corner where the province of Sindh and Punjab meet. About 6 miles from Punjab, 7 miles from Sindh. The Indus River flows 20 miles to the east of it.

References

Populated places in Dera Bugti District Union councils of Balochistan, Pakistan {{Balochistan-geo-stub