Kharan District
Encyclopedia
Kharan is a district
in the north-west of Balochistan
province of Pakistan
. Kharan was notified as a district in 1951 and the Deputy Commissioner
’s office started functioning on March 15, 1952. The Deputy Commissioner directly supervises all activities in the district and the functions of all departments through the district-level heads of these departments. The district is divided into five Tehsil
s, eleven Patwar Circles and 174 Mauzas (villages). Pakistan's second nuclear test
was performed in the Kharan desert
on May 30, 1998 with a miniaturised device yielding 60 percent of the Ras Koh
Hills tests.
s:
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...
in the north-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...
. Kharan was notified as a district in 1951 and the Deputy Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner
A deputy commissioner is a police or administrative official in many different countries.-Australia:In all Australian police forces, deputy commissioner is the rank directly below that of commissioner and senior to the rank of assistant commissioner except in the New South Wales Police Force, where...
’s office started functioning on March 15, 1952. The Deputy Commissioner directly supervises all activities in the district and the functions of all departments through the district-level heads of these departments. The district is divided into five Tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
s, eleven Patwar Circles and 174 Mauzas (villages). Pakistan's second nuclear test
Nuclear testing
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have tested them...
was performed in the Kharan desert
Kharan Desert
The Kharan Desert is a sand desert situated in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.Kharan desert is Pakistan's second nuclear test site, and the second nuclear test — Codename Chagai-II — was conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in May 30, 1998.The desert is...
on May 30, 1998 with a miniaturised device yielding 60 percent of the Ras Koh
Ras Koh
The Ras Koh Hills is a range of granite hills forming part of the Sulaiman Mountain Range in the Chagai District in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The word "Ras" means "gateway" and the word "Koh" means "mountain" in Urdu...
Hills tests.
Government
The district is administratively divided into the following tehsilTehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
s:
- Kharan, comprising five union councils:
- Sarawan
- North City
- South City
- Raskoh
- Toumoulk
- Sar Kharan, comprising two union councils:
- Joda-e-Kalat
- Jamak