Jafarabad District (Jāfarābād District)
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 253,107, of which 80,958 (31.99%) lived in urban areas. Jafarabad had a sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 31.87% - 43.87% for males and 19.47% for females. 97,696 (38.60%) were under 10 years of age.
At the time of the 2017 census, 57.31% of the population spoke Balochi, 14.75% Sindhi, 14.30% Brahui and 11.62% Saraiki as their first language.
Map - Jafarabad District (Jāfarābād District)
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Country - Pakistan
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Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley civilisation of the Bronze Age, the most extensive of the civilisations of the Afro-Eurasia, and the ancient Gandhara civilization. The region that comprises the modern state of Pakistan was the realm of multiple empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid; briefly that of Alexander the Great; the Seleucid, the Maurya, the Kushan, the Gupta; the Umayyad Caliphate in its southern regions, the Hindu Shahis, the Ghaznavids, the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Durranis, the Omani Empire, the Sikh Empire, British East India Company rule, and most recently, the British Indian Empire from 1858 to 1947.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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PKR | Pakistani rupee | ₨ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
PA | Panjabi language |
PS | Pashto language |
SD | Sindhi language |
UR | Urdu |