Sui ( Balochi: سوئ) is a town and sub-district in the

Dera Bugti District Dera Bugti (Balochi language, Balochi: , Urdu: ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district within the Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983. Administration The district is admini ...

Balochistan (Pakistan) Balochistan (; ; , ) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the Demographics of ...

, known for the Sui gas field, one of the Pakistan's most significant natural gas reserves. Geographically, Sui is strategically located near the meeting point of Balochistan,

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

, and

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

provinces, just 9 kilometres from Punjab and 10 kilometres from Sindh. The

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

lies about 25 kilometres to its east, and it is situated 40 kilometres south of

Dera Bugti Dera Bugti ( Balochi: , Urdu: ) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983. Administration The district is administratively divided into the following five tehsils (subdivisio ...

. Sui houses gas compression facilities that supply

natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...

to surrounding towns in Punjab, Sindh, and as far as

Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...

, Balochistan's capital city, located around 200 miles away.

Administration

The town of Sui serves as the administrative centre of Sui

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

, a subdivision of the district, the town of Sui itself functions as a

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Demographics

Population

According to 2023 census, SuI had a population of 79,567.

References

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