Admeenistrative units o Pakistan

The admeenistrative units o Pakistan consist o fower provinces, ane federal caipital territory, twa autonomous territories an a group o federally admeenistered tribal auries. Belaw this top tier, there are fower mair tiers o govrenment includin 27 diveesions, mair nor a hunder destricts (zillas), mair nor fower hunder sub-destricts cried tehsils, an several thoosan union cooncils.
Structur o admeenistrative units

Pakistan's admeenistrative units are as follaes:

No.Admeenistrative unitLocal nameCaipitalPopulationAurie (km²)Population density(inh. per km²)Map1Balochistan (province)Quetta4.8%39.3%18.9120px2Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (province)Peshawar12.9%8.5%238.1120px3Punjab (province)Lahore53.7%23.3%358.5120px4Sindh (province)سنڌ  Karachi22.2%16.0%216120px5Islamabad Caipital TerritoryIslamabad0.6%0.1%888.8120px6Federally Admeenistered Tribal AuriesPeshawar2.3%3.1%116.7120px7Azad KashmirMuzaffarabad2.2%1.5%223.6120px8Gilgit-Baltistan གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟནGilgit1.3%8.2%24.8120pxPakistanIslamabad182,000,000881,889??

The provinces are dividit intae 105 destricts cried (zillahs) (). Zillahs are further subdividit intae sub-destricts cried tehsils () (roughly equivalent tae coonties). Tehsils are uised in aw provinces except in Sindh province whare the term taluka () predominates. Tehsils mey contain veellages or municipalities. Pakistan haes ower five thoosan local govrenments. Syne 2001, these hae been led bi democratically electit local cooncils, each heidit bi a Nazim () (the wird means "supervisor" in Urdu, but is sometimes translatit as Mayor). Weemen hae been allottit a minimum o 33% seats in these cooncils; thare is nae upper limit tae the number o weemen in these cooncils. Some destricts, incorporatin lairge metropolitan auries, are cried Ceety Destrict. A Ceety Destrict mey contain subdiveesions cried Touns an Union Cooncils.

See an aw
Diveesions o Pakistan
Local govrenment in Pakistan
Destricts o Pakistan
Tehsils o Pakistan
Union cooncils o Pakistan
Pakistani subnaitional abbreviations
ISO 3166-2:PK

References

Freemit airtins
Govrenment o Balochistan 
Govrenment o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Govrenment o the Punjab 
Govrenment o the Sindh 
Govrenment o the Islamabad Caipital Territory 
Govrenment o the Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries 
Govrenment o Azad Jammu an Kashmir
Govrenment o Gilgit-Baltistan 

Category:Ceeties o Pakistan

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Admeenistrative diveesions