Gwadar District
Gwadar District
ضلع گوادر گوادر دمگ | |
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District | |
Ormara, a town in Gwadar District | |
Map of Balochistan with Gwadar District highlighted | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| Division | Makran |
| Established | 1 July 1977 |
| Headquarters | Gwadar |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Mayor | Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman Baloch |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Izzat Nazeer Baloch (BPS-18 PAS) |
| • District Police Officer | Muhammad Jawad Tariq (BPS-18 PSP) |
| Area | |
• District | 12,637 km2 (4,879 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• District | 305,160 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 159,035 (52.11%) |
| • Rural | 146,125 (47.89%) |
| Languages | |
| • Main language(s) | Balochi, Urdu |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 5 |
Gwadar District (Balochi: گوادر دمگ, Urdu: ضلع گوادر) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The name Gwadar originates from Gwat and Dar (Balochi: گوات ءُ در)، which means the door of air. Gwadar was notified as a separate district on 1 July 1977. The city of Gwadar serves as the district headquarters.
It is located in the south of the Balochistan. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the south, Lasbela district to the east, Kech and Awaran districts to the north, and the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran to the west.