What Pakistan really provides in its geography? A rapid overview with maps.

Introduction

This blog is going to be awesome if you’re looking a rapid overview of Pakistan’s geography. With its significant and strategic position in geopolitics, Pakistan is also diverse in its culture, landscapes, and food. This article will take you to the provinces, districts, rivers, and doabs (Land between the two streams of a river) of Pakistan with clear maps. So, buckle up for this visual learning! 😉

Figure-1 shows the map of Pakistan, divided into districts. Don’t be overwhelmed, we’ll surely cover it up. 🙌

Provinces of Pakistan

Pakistan has 6 provinces, their names are listed below: –

1. Azad Kashmir
2. Balochistan
3. Gilgit Baltistan
4. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
5. Punjab
6. Sindh

Following figures show the map of these provinces: –

Never illusion the area of provinces with the size of their images here😊. Following table shows the area of each province.

Provinces	Area (sq. km)
Azad Kashmir	13,297
Balochistan	347,190
Gilgit Baltistan	72,971
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)	101,741
Punjab	205,344
Sindh	140,914

So, keeping area of provinces in view, here is the hierarchy: Balochistan > Punjab > Sindh > Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) > Gilgit Baltistan > Azad Kashmir.

Punjab

This is the 2nd largest province of Pakistan. Its name is actually combination of two words: “Punj (mean: 5)” + “ab (mean: water)”. Actually, this province gets water from 5 rivers named Satluj, Indus, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum. That’s why it’s called Punjab. Capital of Punjab is “Lahore“.

Rivers of Punjab

Five rivers irrigate Punjab, their names are listed below: –

1. Satluj
2. Indus
3. Ravi
4. Chenab
5. Jehlem

Figure-8 shows the position of these rivers in Punjab: –

Doabs of Punjab

Doab is the land between the two streams of a river. Pakistan’s Punjab has 4 Doabs, their names are listed below: –

1. Sind Sagar Doab: It’s between Indus and Jhelem rivers.
2. Jech Doab: It’s between Jhelem and Chenab rivers.
3. Rechna Doab: It’s between Chenab and Ravi rivers.
4. Bari Doab: It’s between Ravi and Sutlej rivers.

The location of these doabs is shown by Figure-9 below: –

Districts of Punjab

That’s going to be a little trickier and you got a be careful. Punjab have 41 districts. Their names and locations are given below: –

1 – Attock	15 – Chiniot	29 – Multan
2 – Rawalpindi	16 – Hafizabad	30 – Lodhran
3 – Mianwali	17 – Wazirabad	31 – Vehari
4 -Talagang	18 – Sialkot	32 – Sahiwal
5 – Chakwal	19 – Dera Ghazi Khan	33 – Pakpattan
6 – Jhelem	20 – Kot Addu	34 – Okara
7 – Gujrat	21 – Khanewal	35 – Qasur
8 – Mandi Bahauddin	22 – Toba Tek Singh	36 – Lahore
9 – Sargodha	23 – Faisalabad	37 – Rahim Yar Khan
10 – Khushab	24 – Nankana Sahib	38 – Bahawalpur
11 – Bhakkar	25 – Sheikhupora	39 – Bahawalnagar
12 – Taunsa	26 – Narowal	40 – Islamabad (not district, it’s capital of Pakistan)
13 – Layyah	27 – Rajanpur	41 – Murree
14 – Jhang	28 – Muzaffargarh

Divisions of Punjab

A division is the collection of districts. There are 10 divisions in Punjab and their details are listed below: –

Sindh

This is the 3rd largest province of Pakistan. Its south border attaches with Arabian sea and East border attaches with India which is called Redcliff line. Capital of Sindh is “Karachi“.

Districts of Sindh

There are 30 districts in Sindh.

Note: The 25th part in Figure-11 is actually subdivided into 6 parts. So, it’s not a single district, here 6 districts exist. Because of their smaller size, they’re not shown in this figure-11. So, we categorized this part into one named “Karachi“.

Hence, this Karachi part is actually subdivided into the following: Karachi west, Karachi central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Keamari, Korangi.

1 – Qambar Shahadkot	10 – Dadu	19 – Umerkot
2 – Jacobabad	11 – Jamshoro	20 – Mirpur Khas
3 – Kashmore	12 – Shaheed Benazirabad	21 – Tando Allahyar
4 – Ghotki	13 – Sanghar	22 – Hyderabad
5 – Larkana	14 – Malir	23 – Tando Muhammad Khan
6 – Shikarpur	15 – Thatta	24 – Matiari
7 – Sukkur	16 – Sujawal	25 – Karachi
8 – Khairpur	17 – Badin
9 – Naushahro Feroze	18 – Tharparkar

Divisions of Sindh

There are 6 divisions of Sindh.

Balochistan

This is the largest province of Pakistan. It’s located in the southwest of Pakistan. Here, its west border attaches with Iran, this border is known is “Taftan”. This area has very strategic importance in terms of Pakistan’s economic projects like CPEC. Also, it has lot of minerals that can help Pakistan economically. Capital of Balochistan is “Quetta“.

Districts of Balochistan

There are 37 districts of Balochistan. Their details are given in both Figure-11 (map) and Table-3.

1 – Sherani	14 – Jhal Magsi	27 – Hub
2 – Zhob	15 – Qalat	28 – Pashin
3 – Musakhel	16 – Nushki	29 – Ziarat
4 – Qilla Saifullah	17 – Kharan	30 – Quetta
5 – Loralai	18 – Shaheed Sikandarabad	31 – Karazad
6 – Duki	19 – Khuzdar	32 – Harnai
7 – Barkhan	20 – Chagai	33 – Usta Muhammad
8 – Kohlu	21 – Washuk	34 – Lehri
9 – Sibi	22 – Panjgur	35 – Jaffarabad
10 – Qilla Abdullah	23 – Awaran	36 – Sohbatpur
11 – Mastung	24 – Lasbela	37 – Nasirabad
12 – Kachhi	25 – Kech
13 – Dera Bugti	26 – Gwadar

Divisions of Balochistan

There are 8 divisions in Balochistan. Each division includes a number of districts whose details are listed below: –

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

This province is located in the north west of Pakistan. It’s 4rth largest province of Pakistan. Its west border attaches with Afghanistan which is called “Durand line”. This province is very important too especially for CPEC. Capital of KPK is “Peshawar“.

Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)

Divisions of Khyberpakhtunkhwa (KPK)

There are 7 divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). They’re listed below: –

Gilgit Baltistan

This is 5th largest province of Pakistan. It’s present at the north of Pakistan and connecting China with a border named “Khunjrab Pass”. Capital of Gilgit Baltistan is “Gilgit“.

Districts of Gilgit Baltistan

There are 14 districts of Gilgit Baltistan. Their details are shown by Figure-13 (map) and Table-4.

1 – Hunza	6 – Gupis Yasin	11 – Ghanche
2 – Ghizer	7 – Rondu	12 – Kharmang
3 – Nagar	8 – Diamer	13 – Tangir
4 – Shigar	9 – Astor	14 – Darel
5 – Gilgit	10 – Skardu

Divisions of Gilgit Baltistan

There are 3 divisions of Gilgit Baltistan, each contain a collection of districts. Details are given below: –

• Diamer
  • Diamer
  • Astor
  • Darel
  • Tangir

Azad Kashmir

It’s the smallest province of Pakistan which is located at its North. Azad Kashmir got its independence from India on 24th Oct. 1947. Capital of Azad Kashmir is “Muzaffarabad“.

Districts of Azad Kashmir

There are 10 districts of Azad Kashmir. See Figure-14 and Table-5.

1 – Muzaffarabad	6 – Poonch
2 – Neelum Valley	7 – Sudhanoti
3 – Hattian Valley	8 – Kotli
4 – Bagh	9 – Mirpur
5 – Haveli	10 – Bhimber

Divisions of Azad Kashmir

There are 3 divisions in Azad Kashmir. Have a look at their details below: –

• Mirpur Division
  • Mirpur
  • Kotli
  • Bhimer

Conclusion

So, We’ve completed our task of rapid overview of Pakistan’s geography. Here is our final and beautiful map with 6 provinces.

Pakistan Zindabad! 🇵🇰 💚