Lasbela District (

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Lasi Lasi or LASI may refer to: * Lasi people, an ethnic group of Pakistan * Lasi dialect, an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan * Lasi (letter), a letter of the Georgian alphabet * LasI, or Acyl-homoserine-lactone synthase, an enzyme * Johann Lasi, a W ...

: لسبيلو) is a coastal

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of Balochistan province of

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. It is also called Sassi-Punnu Garh () among localites.

History

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...

passed through Lasbela on his way back to Babylon after conquering Northwestern India. In 711 CE, the Arab general.

Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqāfī ( ar, محمد بن القاسم الثقفي; –) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (part of modern Pakistan), inaugurating the Uma ...

passed through Lasbela on his way to Sindh. The area of the district was formerly a

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, which later merged with

. The name is derived from the words Las which signifies a plain the greater part of the area being a flat plain, and Bela which means "jungle" and is also the name of the principal town of this district. State of Las Bela has an area of 18,254 km². Capital: Las Bela. Languages: Balochi and Sindhu. 1742, Las Bela State refounded Las Bela (Area: 15,472 km) accedes to

joins Balochistan States Union state stinguished, 17 Mar 1948, Las Bela (Area: 15,472 km) accedes to

03 Oct 1952, joins Balochistan States Union 14 Oct 1955, state stinguished. JAMOT, Kathuria segment (titles: Jam Saheb) Ali Khan 1............................................1742 - 1765 Ghulam Shah.........................................1765-1776 Wir Khan I............................................1776 - 1818 Ali Khan I.............................................1818 - 1830 Mir Khan II...........................................1830 - 1869 1869 saw the death and defeat of the ruler of Lasbela, Jam Mir Khan, near

Khuzdar Khuzdar ( Brahui/ bal, ; ur, , ), historically known as Qusdar ( ar, قصدار, quṣdār), is the capital city of Khuzdar District in the central part of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Khuzdar is the 2nd-largest city of Balochistan provin ...

. He is reported to have started a rebellion by the inhabitants of Jhalawan under the supervision of Nur ud-din Mengal. Gauhar Khan, the chief of Zehri tribe and his sons, who started a resistance movement against Mir Khudadad's rule were defeated and killed by Kalat's army at Garmap. The uprising started in 1893 and continued until 1895. Ali Khan III(1st)................................. 1869 - 1886 He was born in 1849 and died in 1896, Mir Khan III............................................1886 - 1888 Ali Khan III(2nd)........................21 Jan 1888 - 1896 Kamal Khan...................................May 1896 - 1921 Mir Ghulam Mohammad Khan.....Mar 1921 - 1937. He was born in 1895 and died in 1937, Mir Ghulam Qadir than Alian 1937-14 Oct 1955. Lasbela was notified as a district on 30th June, 1954. In October, 1955 the unification of the former provinces of

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, NWFP,

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and Balochistan took place. The Balochistan States Union was formed into Kalat division. In 1960, the area of Las Bela was detached from Kalat division and merged with the former

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to form the division of Karachi-Bela. When the

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was changed in 1970, Las Bela became part of the new province of Balochistan. He was born in 1920 and served as Chief Minister of Baluchistan from 1973 to 1974 and again from 1985 to 1988. He also served as Health Minister of Pakistan as well as being the Speaker of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. He died in 1988. Mir Mohannad Yousaf Khan Aliani (ren) 1988-date He is the son of Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir and also served as Chief Minister of Balochistan from Dec 2002 to Nov 2007. His elder son Prince Jam Kamal Khan Aliani is the Nazim (mayor) of the

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of Lasbela District in

. The famous Hinglaj Mata mandir, a Hindu holy site located in the Hingol National Park, is situated in Lasbela district. The annual

Hinglaj Yathra Hinglaj ( Devanagari: हिंगलाज, bal, هنگلاج, sd, هنگلاج, ur, ) is an important Hindu pilgrimage place in Balochistan, Pakistan and Kuldevi of many Kshatriya, Charan, Rajpurohits and other Hindu Communities of Ind ...

where more than 250,000 Hindu devotees participate every year.

Administration

The district of Lasbela is administratively divided in four tehsils one sub-tehsil and 22 Union Councils. *

Uthal Uthal ( ur, ) is a city of Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Uthal is headquarters of Uthal Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district. Demography The Bela population consists principally of Baloch, followe ...

* Bela *

Lakhra Lakhra ( ur, ) is a town and union council of Uthal Tehsil in Balochistan province, Pakistan. It is located at 25°51'54"N 66°27'6"E with an altitude of 12 metres (42 feet). References Union councils of Lasbela District Populated pla ...

* Kanraj ** Sub-Tehsil Liari Union Councils are given below: Tehsil Uthal # Uthal # Wayara # Kenwari # Lakhra # Sheh Tehsil Bela # Bela # Welpat Shumali # Welpat Junubi # Kathor # Gador

Geography

The main rivers of Lasbela are Porali River with its tributaries, Winder River and Wirhab River. Other rivers are the Phor and Hingol which rise in Awaran District before flowing through Lasbela on their way to the Arabian Sea.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 236,631, of which 123,639 were males and 112,986 females. Rural population was 182,605 (77.17%) while the urban population was 54,026 (22.83%). The literacy rate was 32.47% - the male literacy rate was 43.49% while the female literacy rate was 20.25%. Islam was the predominant religion with 98.38%, while Hindus are 1.44% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 53.14% of the population spoke Sindhi (including the

dialect), 34.31%

Balochi Balochi, sometimes spelt in various other ways, may refer to: * Balochi language, a language of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan * an adjective for something related to the Baloch people, an ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan * an adjecti ...

, 9.05% Brahui and 1.47%

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...

as their first language.

Education

The Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Science is located in

Economy

In the south east, an oil refinery Cnergyico was constructed in 2014 at Hub in Lasbela District which is capable of processing 120,000 barrels of oil. Furthermore, a power station is located adjacent to refinery, that produces about 1350 MW of power.

Bibliography

References

External links

Lasbela District
at Balochistan Government website {{Coord, 25, 45, N, 66, 35, E, region:PK_type:adm3rd_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Districts of Pakistan Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan