Kharan District
— District —
Map of Balochistan with Kharan District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Capital	Kharan
Established	March 15, 1952
Government
- District Nazim	Shoukat Ali
- District Naib Nazim	Sardar Gul Hassan
Area
- Total	48,051 km2 (18,552.6 sq mi)
Population (1998)
- Total	206,909
- Density	4/km2 (10.4/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
District Council
Number ofTehsils	5

Kharan (Urdu: خاران) is a district in the north-west of Balochistan province of Pakistan.^[1]Kharan was notified as a district in 1951 and the Deputy Commissioner’s office started functioning on March 15 1952. It is one of the oldest districts of Balochistan. The Deputy Commissioner directly supervises all activities in the district. He also supervises the functions of all Departments through the district-level heads of these Departments. The district is divided into five Tehsils, eleven Patwar Circles and 394 Mauzas (villages). Pakistan's secondnuclear test was performed in the Kharan desert on May 30, 1998 with a miniaturised device yielding 60 percent of the Ras Koh Hills tests.^[2]

The district is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils:[edit]Administration

• Besima
• Kharan
• Mashkel
• Nag
• Wasuk

[edit]Notable people

• Lt. Gen. (R) Abdul Qadir Baloch (former Governor of Balochistan)
• Amanullah Baloch (Former President Balochistan Bar Association)
• Justice Muhammad Noor Miskanzai (Judge Of Balochistan High Court)
• Mir Shoib Nausherwani (Former Home Minister Of Balochistan)
• Mir Kareem Nausherwani (Former Provincial Minister)
• Surgeon Mohammad Aslam Baloch ( Principal B.M.C Quetta )

[edit]Population

The population of Kharan district was estimated to be over 250,000 in 2005. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The mainBaloch tribes of the district are [Muhammad Hasni] Nausherwani and Mengal. The Tauqi tribe also lives in the area.