Gwadar District

Gwadar District

ضلع گوادر
گوادر دمگ‎
Gwadar District ضلع گوادر; گوادر دمگ‎
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
• Total	12,637 km2 (4,879 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	263,514
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	4

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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.^[2]

^ Cite error: The named reference 2017census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Gwadar District profile and history". Balochistan Police Department website. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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[BP-2] "Gwadar District profile and history". Balochistan Police Department website. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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