Pishin (,) is a city in, and the capital of

Pishin District Pishin (, ), IPA: pʂin/pçin, is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. District Pishin is located at a strategic point and is 45km² from the provincial headquarters, Quetta. In 1975, it was bifurcated from Quetta District, while ...

Rask County Rask County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Rask, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 10,115 people in 2,411 households. History After the 2016 census, Parud District, Pi ...

, Sistan and Baluchestan province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. It also serves as the administrative center for Pishin Rural District.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch who speak the

Balochi language Balochi (, romanized: ) is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Afr ...

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,477 in 1,832 households, when it was in

Sarbaz County Sarbaz County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sarbaz. The previous capital of the county was the city of Rask. History After the 2006 National Census, Ashar District was separated from the county ...

. The following census in 2011 counted 13,690 people in 2,816 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 16,011 people in 3,426 households. After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Rask County.

Overview

Pishin has an altitude of 219 metres (721 feet).Location of Pishin - Falling Rain Genomics
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Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

i border, across which is the town of Mand to the east. The Iranian government has set up a customs post to develop border trade between Iran and Pakistan. It was the site of the

2009 Pishin bombing The 2009 Pishin bombing occurred on October 18, 2009, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a meeting in the southeastern Iranian town of Pishin in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The attack killed at least 43 people including several ...

Dam

The largest dam in Sistan and Baluchistan province has been built south of Pishin to provide water for agriculture and human consumption in Pishin and Bahu districts.

Notes

References

Cities in Sistan and Baluchestan province Populated places in Rask County Iran–Pakistan border crossings {{SistanBaluchestan-geo-stub