Qambar Shahdadkot District

Shahdadkot District
District
Map of Sindh with Qambar District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
District created	2005
Headquarters	Qambar
Population (2015)
• Total	1,844,854
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Website	www.sindh.gov.pk

Qambar Shahdadkot District () is a district of Sindh, Pakistan.

History

The district was split from Larkana District in December 2005. There was some controversy over the name of the district, with Qambar being favoured initially, but after protests from residents of Shahdadkot, it was renamed to Qambar-Shahdadkot District. The headquarters of the district is Qambar city.

Administrative divisions

Qambar-Shahdadkot is subdivided into seven Talukas:

Qambar
Shahdadkot
Warah
Miro Khan
Nasirabad
Qubo Saeed Khan
Sajawal

The district government comprises seven groups of offices i.e. No health, education, works and services, no finance and planning, No community development, revenue and agriculture besides district administration comprising a District Nazim (mayor), Naib Nazim (deputy mayor) and District Coordination Officer.

References

Districts of Sindh

Provincial capital: Karachi

Banbhore	Badin Thatta Sujawal

Hyderabad	Dadu Hyderabad Jamshoro Matiari Tando Allahyar Tando Muhammad Khan

Karachi	Karachi Central Karachi East Karachi South Karachi West Korangi Malir

Larkana	Jacobabad Kashmore Larkana Qambar Shahdadkot Shikarpur

Mirpur Khas	Mirpur Khas Sanghar Tharparkar Umerkot

Sukkur	Ghotki Khairpur Sukkur

Shaheed Benazir Abad	Shaheed Benazir Abad Naushahro Feroze

Disputed	Sir Creek (Rann of Kachchh)

Coordinates: 27°35′21″N 68°00′00″E / 27.58917°N 68.00000°E / 27.58917; 68.00000

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