Balochistan

Balochistan or Baluchistan is one of four provinces in . It is the largest of the four provinces and is the future of Pakistan's CPEC project.
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is the capital of Balochistan province in . If you are taking the overland route from Istanbul, Turkey to New Delhi, India without going through you will have to pass through .

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lies on the Arabian Sea coast of Balochistan Province in southwestern . As the southern end of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China has poured billions into creating port infrastructure here.

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The is in . It is one of two main routes from into the , along with the further north. As of 2012, it was only open to locals and aid workers.

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is a town in the southwestern Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is situated on the left bank of the Kech River, which is a tributary to the Dasht River. The Makran Range to the north and east descends to coastal plains in the south.

District is a coastal district and part of the situated in the south-east of Balochistan, Pakistan. Located approximately 100 kilometres northwest of , the district is geographically and economically significant.

is a city in Balochistan that serves as the administrative headquarters of in 's Balochistan province.

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Khuzdar is a district in the Balochistan province of . The city of serves as the district's headquarters. Until its establishment as a district in 1974 it was part of .

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is situated 133 km from , is a holiday resort amidst one of the largest and oldest Juniper forests in the world. It is said that some of the Juniper trees are up to 5,000 years old.

is a trunk road and railway town in Chagai District, Balochistan, . It is one of Pakistan's border crossings with Iran. It is by either road or rail over 500 km from .
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Balochistan

Latitude of center
28° north
Longitude of center
66° east
Population
10,200,000
Elevation
817 metres (2,680 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1183606
Wiki­data ID
Q163239
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Balochistan” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Baloçistan, Pakistan”
  • Albanian: “Baloçistan”
  • Arabic: “بلوشستان”
  • Armenian: “Բելուջիստան”
  • Assamese: “বেলুচিস্তান”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bəlucistan əyaləti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bəlucistan”
  • Balinese: “Balochistan, Pakistan”
  • Basque: “Balutxistan”
  • Belarusian: “Белуджыстан”
  • Belarusian: “Бэлуджыстан”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Белуджыстан”
  • Bengali: “বেলুচিস্তান, পাকিস্তান”
  • Bengali: “বেলুচিস্তান”
  • Bhojpuri: “बलूचिस्तान प्रांत”
  • Bhojpuri: “बलूचिस्तान प्रान्त”
  • Bhojpuri: “बलूचिस्तान”
  • Breton: “Baloutchistan”
  • Bulgarian: “Белуджистан”
  • Catalan: “Balutxistan Oriental”
  • Catalan: “Balutxistan”
  • Catalan: “Província de Balutxistan”
  • Catalan: “Província del Balutxistan”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای بەلۆچستان”
  • Chinese: “Balochistan Séng”
  • Chinese: “俾路支省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Beluçistan, Pakistan”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Beluçistan”
  • Croatian: “Beludžistan (Pakistan)”
  • Croatian: “Beludžistan”
  • Czech: “Balúčistán”
  • Danish: “Baluchistan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Belucıstan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Beluçıstan”
  • Dutch: “Baluchistan”
  • Dutch: “Beloetsjistan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلوشستان”
  • Esperanto: “Baluĉistano”
  • Estonian: “Belutšistani provints”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Balochistan”
  • Finnish: “Balochistan”
  • Finnish: “Belutšistan”
  • French: “Balouchistan”
  • French: “Baloutchistan”
  • Galician: “Baluchistán, Paquistán”
  • Galician: “Baluchistán”
  • Georgian: “ბალოჩისტანი”
  • Georgian: “ბელუჯისტანი”
  • German: “Belutschistan”
  • Greek: “Μπαλοτσιστάν”
  • Gujarati: “બલુચિસ્તાન”
  • Hausa: “Balochistan”
  • Hebrew: “בלוג’יסתאן”
  • Hebrew: “בלוצ’יסטן”
  • Hindi: “बलूच”
  • Hindi: “बलूचिस्तान”
  • Hindi: “बलोचिस्तान”
  • Hungarian: “Beludzsisztán”
  • Indonesian: “Balochistan, Pakistan”
  • Indonesian: “Balochistan”
  • Irish: “An Bhalúcastáin”
  • Italian: “Belucistan”
  • Italian: “Kachi”
  • Japanese: “バルチスタン州”
  • Japanese: “バローチスターン”
  • Japanese: “バローチスターン州”
  • Japanese: “バロチスタン州”
  • Kannada: “ಬಲೂಚಿಸ್ತಾನ್, ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್”
  • Kannada: “ಬಲೂಚಿಸ್ತಾನ್”
  • Kashmiri: “بلوچستان”
  • Korean: “발루치스탄 주”
  • Korean: “발루치스탄”
  • Korean: “발루치스탄주”
  • Latin: “Baluchistania”
  • Latvian: “Beludžistāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Beludžistanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Beludžistano provincija”
  • Low German: “Belutschistaan”
  • Magahi: “बलूचिस्तान”
  • Magahi: “बलूचिस्थान”
  • Magahi: “बलोचिस्तान”
  • Magahi: “बलोचिस्थान”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Belutschistan”
  • Maithili: “बलुचिस्तान”
  • Malay: “Balochistan”
  • Malayalam: “ബലൂചിസ്ഥാൻ, പാകിസ്താൻ”
  • Malayalam: “ബലൂചിസ്ഥാൻ”
  • Marathi: “बलुचिस्तान”
  • Mazanderani: “بلوچستان (پاکستان)”
  • Mazanderani: “بلوچستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Balochistan”
  • Mingrelian: “ბელუჯისტანი”
  • Mongolian: “Балочистан”
  • Mongolian: “Балучистан”
  • Nepali: “बलुचिस्तान, पाकिस्तान”
  • Nepali: “बलुचिस्तान”
  • Newari: “बलोचिस्तान”
  • Northern Frisian: “Belutschistaan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baluchistan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balutsjistan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balochistan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baluchistan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balutsjistan”
  • Norwegian: “Balutsjistan”
  • Ossetian: “Белуджистан (Пакистан)”
  • Ossetian: “Белуджистан”
  • Pampanga: “Balochistan, Pakistan”
  • Pampanga: “Balochistan”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ”
  • Persian: “استان بلوچستان”
  • Persian: “ایالت بلوچستان پاکستان”
  • Persian: “ایالت بلوچستان”
  • Persian: “بلوچستان پاکستان”
  • Polish: “Balochistan”
  • Polish: “Beludżystan”
  • Portuguese: “Baluchistão”
  • Portuguese: “Baluquistão”
  • Pushto: “بلوچستان”
  • Romanian: “Belucistan”
  • Russian: “Белуджистан (Пакистан)”
  • Russian: “Белуджистан”
  • Sanskrit: “बलूचिस्थान”
  • Sanskrit: “बलूचिस्थानप्रदेशः, पाकिस्थानम्”
  • Sanskrit: “बलूचिस्थानम्”
  • Sanskrit: “बलोचिस्तान्”
  • Sanskrit: “बलोचिस्थान”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱮᱞᱚᱪᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ (ᱯᱟᱠᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ)”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱮᱞᱚᱪᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ”
  • Saraiki: “بلوچستان”
  • Scots: “Balochistan, Pakistan”
  • Scots: “Balochistan”
  • Serbian: “Белуџистан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Balučistan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baludžistan”
  • Silesian: “Baluczistůn”
  • Silesian: “Beludžystan”
  • Sindhi: “بلوچستان صوبو”
  • Sindhi: “بلوچستان، پاڪستان”
  • Sindhi: “بلوچستان”
  • Sinhala: “බලොස්චිස්ථානය”
  • Slovenian: “Balučistan”
  • Slovenian: “Belučistan”
  • Slovenian: “Beludžistan, Pakistan”
  • Slovenian: “Beludžistan”
  • Slovenian: “Belutžistan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بلوچیستان”
  • Spanish: “Balochistan”
  • Spanish: “Balochistán”
  • Spanish: “Baluchistan”
  • Spanish: “Baluchistán”
  • Spanish: “Beluchistán”
  • Spanish: “Beluschistan”
  • Swedish: “Balochestan”
  • Swedish: “Balochistan”
  • Swedish: “Baluchestan”
  • Swedish: “Baluchistan”
  • Swedish: “Pashin”
  • Tajik: “Балучистон”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Балучистон”
  • Tamil: “பலுசிஸ்தான்”
  • Tamil: “பலூசிஸ்தான்”
  • Tamil: “பலூச்சிஸ்தான்”
  • Telugu: “బలూచిస్తాన్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นบาลูจิสถาน”
  • Thai: “แคว้นบาโลชิสถาน”
  • Turkish: “Belucistan Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Belucistan, Pakistan”
  • Turkish: “Belucistan”
  • Ukrainian: “Белуджистан”
  • Urdu: “بلو چستان”
  • Urdu: “بلوچستان، پاکستان”
  • Urdu: “بلوچستان”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ بلوچستان”
  • Uzbek: “Balujiston”
  • Venetian: “Belucistan”
  • Vietnamese: “Balochistan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balochistan, Pakistan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balochistan”
  • Western Armenian: “Պալուչիստան”
  • Western Panjabi: “بلوچستان، پاکستان”
  • Western Panjabi: “بلوچستان”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ بلوچستان”
  • Wu Chinese: “俾路支省”
  • Yue Chinese: “俾路支省”
  • “बलूचिस्तान प्रांत”

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