Panjgur or Panggur (
Balochi and ur, ), with the older name Bannajbur
and Fannazbur is a small town in
Panjgur District
Panjgur ( bal, پنجگور, ur, ) is a district in the west Balochistan province of Pakistan. Panjgur was one of three districts of Makran District until 1 July 1977, when the district became a part of Makran Division. The other two distri ...
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Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
. It is known for growing dates.
History
Al-Muqaddasī (985 AD) documented that Bannajbur was the capital of
Makran and that it was populated by people called ''Balūṣh'' (Baluch). This is the first known reference to the
Baloch people
The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ...
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Climate
Panjgur has a
hot desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
''BWh'') with hot summers and cold windy dry winters. Precipitation mainly falls in two distinct periods: in the mid-winter and early spring from late December to March, and in the monsoon in June and July.
Subdivisions
The three main subdivisions of Panjgur are Gramkān, Qila Khudābadān and Tasp. Tasp is mostly populated by the
Mullazai tribe
Mullazai (ملازئی) is a Baloch tribe found in Panjgur District (پنجگور) of Balochistan, Pakistan and Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. They are known as 'Mullas' and are descendants of Mir Mulla Shehsawar, who they claim ...
See also
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Panjgur District
Panjgur ( bal, پنجگور, ur, ) is a district in the west Balochistan province of Pakistan. Panjgur was one of three districts of Makran District until 1 July 1977, when the district became a part of Makran Division. The other two distri ...
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Panjgur Airport
Panjgur Airport is a domestic and partially International airport, located at Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan.
See also
* List of airports in Pakistan
* Airlines of Pakistan
* Transport in Pakistan
* Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Pak ...
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Date palm farming in Pakistan
Pakistan is the 5th-largest producer of dates in the world.
Production
Pakistan is one of biggest producers and exporters of dates in the world, annually producing 535,000 tons according to the Trade Development Authority.
The main regions for ...
References
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Populated places in Panjgur district