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Name (English) Name (Urdu) Abbr. Capital and largest city Emblem Flag Map Map Key Population Census March 2017 Population Census March 2023 Area (km 2) [24] Density (/km 2) 2017 Azad Jammu and Kashmir [a] آزاد جموں و کشمیر: AJK Muzaffarabad: 6 4,045,366 13,297 304.23 Balochistan: بلوچستان: BA Quetta: 1 12,335,129 ...
The head of each province is a non-executive Governor appointed by the President. [1]: 68 The Governors play a similar role, at the provincial level, as the President does at the federal level. Each province has a directly elected unicameral legislature (provincial assembly), with members elected for five-year terms.
Punjab has the largest economy in Pakistan, contributing most to the national GDP. The province's share was 60.58% in 2020 to national economy. [2] Sindh which is the second largest province in terms of population and GDP which has steadily continued to grow, contributes 23.7% to the national economy. [2]
The capitals of the provinces and territories of Pakistan have remained the same since the 1970s when the current administrative structure was established. All four provincial capitals are the largest cities of their respective provinces. Pakistan has a total population of 207,774,520 according to the 2017 census estimate. [5]
The following tables show the current total 38 divisions of Pakistan with 31 divisions by province i.e., 8 divisions of Balochistan, 7 divisions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, 10 divisions of Punjab, with their respective populations as of the 2023 Census of Pakistan, [9] and the 6 divisions of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and ...
The number of districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts were created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000 and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created. [4] [a] The new districts were carved out of Mirpur Khas, Jacobabad, Larkana and Dadu Districts respectively.
The sources of the current abbreviations vary. Some are from the initials of two of the words in the name of a province or territory, while others are from the first and final letter or from the first and some other letters in the name. All of these names are based on the English form of the name.
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