Dera Bugti is a district

Districts of Pakistan

The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished...

 located in the south west of Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. Dera Bugti is named after its headquarter town 'Dera Bugti'. Dera (a Balochi word) means `abode' or `habitat', while `Bugti' is the name of the major Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 tribe. Thus Dera Bugti means the abode of the Bugti

Bugti

Bugti , is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are divided into various clans such as Rahija, Mandawani , Kalpar, Nauthani, Masuri, Ferozani, Salamaan Zai, Mundarani, Qasimani, Shambani, Sobazai, Pahi, Maretha and Moharkanzai etc., numbering around 300,000.On a bigger scale the...

s, the dominant tribe of this district. Dera Bugti district has three sub-districts: Dera Bugti, Sui

Sui

Sui can refer to:* Sui or mizu, 水, meaning "Water" in Japanese, one of the elements in the Japanese system of five elements and representing the fluid, flowing, formless things in the world....

 and Phailawagh. Natural gas is the major mineral wealth of Dera Bugti district. There are four major gas fields: Sui gas field

Sui gas field

Sui gas field is the biggest natural gas field in Pakistan. It is located near Sui in Balochistan. The gas field was discovered in the late 1952 and the commercial exploitation of the field began in 1955....

, Pir Koh Gas field, Loti Gas field and Uch Gas field. Natural Gas was discovered at Sui in 1963 for use all over the country. The first natural gas supply plant was established at Sui (in 1963). Besides Sui

Sui

Sui can refer to:* Sui or mizu, 水, meaning "Water" in Japanese, one of the elements in the Japanese system of five elements and representing the fluid, flowing, formless things in the world....

, Pir Koh, Loti, and Uch

Uch

Uch or Uch Sharif ) is located in 75 km from Bahawalpur in Bahawalpur District, South Punjab, Pakistan Uch is an important historical city, being founded by Alexander the Great. Formerly located at the confluence of the Indus and Chenab rivers, it is now removed to Mithankot, some 100 km...

, gas is believed to be also present in other parts of Dera Bugti district.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into three Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

, these are:

• Dera Bugti
  Dera Bugti
  Dera Bugti is a town in Dera Bugti District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It was the hometown of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. Most of the inhabitants of Dera Bugti belong to the Bugti family. It is not far from the Punjab state.-Administration:...
  
  
• Phelawagh
  Phelawagh
  Phelawagh is a town and tehsil of Dera Bugti District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The town of Phelawagh also functions as a Union Council ....
  
  
• Sui
  Sui
  Sui can refer to:* Sui or mizu, 水, meaning "Water" in Japanese, one of the elements in the Japanese system of five elements and representing the fluid, flowing, formless things in the world....
  
  

Population

The population of Dera Bugti district was estimated to be over 250,000 in 2005. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The Bugti is the Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 tribe in the district.

See also

• Shahbaz Khan Bugti
  Shahbaz Khan Bugti
  Sir Shahbaz Khan Bugti was the father of Nawab Mehrab Khan Bugti, Nawab Sohrab Khan Bugti. He is the grandfather of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Nawabzada Ahmed Nawaz Khan Bugti, Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan Bugti. He received the title Knight of the British Empire for fighting for the British Colonial...
  
  
• Akbar Khan Bugti
• Salal Bugti
  Salal Bugti
  Salal Bugti was born in Quetta, Balochistan on December 23, 1969.He was assassinated in June 1992 on Jinnah Road, Quetta by members of the Kalpar tribe, a sub-clan of the Bugti tribe opposed to Nawab Akbar Bugti, He was Nawab Bugti's second last child and last son from his first wife .-References:...
  
  
• Brahamdagh Khan Bugti
  Brahamdagh Khan Bugti
  Brahamdagh Khan Bugti is a prominent Baloch leader and the main icon of the Baloch Freedom movement and founder and chief of Baloch Republican Party,the largest Baloch political party,struggling on one point agenda of Freedom of Balochistan. Brahamdagh Khan Bugti is the son of Nawabzada Rehan...
  
  

External links

• Ansar Burney Trust - Information on the Human Rights situation in Dera Bugti and Kohlu