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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Quetta</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87" title="كويته – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كويته" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="क्वेटा – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="क्वेटा" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvetta" title="Kvetta – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kvetta" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE" title="কোয়েটা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোয়েটা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Квета – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Квета" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Куета – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Куета" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta_(kapital_sa_lalawigan)" title="Quetta (kapital sa lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Quetta (kapital sa lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kv%C3%A9ta" title="Kvéta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kvéta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Κουέτα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κουέτα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kveto" title="Kveto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kveto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%87" title="کویته – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کویته" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta_(ville_du_Pakistan)" title="Quetta (ville du Pakistan) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Quetta (ville du Pakistan)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%80%98%ED%83%80" title="퀘타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="퀘타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%BF%D5%A1" title="Կվետտա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կվետտա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="क्वेटा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="क्वेटा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%C3%A6" title="Кветтæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кветтæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%94" title="כוויתה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כוויתה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F" title="ಕ್ವೆಟ್ಟ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕ್ವೆಟ್ಟ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90" title="კვეტა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კვეტა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%84%DB%8C%D9%90%D9%B9%DB%81" title="کۄیِٹہ – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="کۄیِٹہ" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kveta" title="Kveta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kveta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kveta" title="Kveta – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kveta" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvetta" title="Kvetta – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kvetta" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="क्वेटा – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="क्वेटा" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1" title="ക്വെറ്റ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ക്വെറ്റ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Quetta" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="क्वेट्टा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="क्वेट्टा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90" title="კვეტა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კვეტა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87" title="كويته – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كويته" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87" title="کويته – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کويته" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Quetta" 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class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Balochistan, Pakistan</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pakistan_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Quetta is located in Pakistan"><img alt="Quetta is located in Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Pakistan_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Pakistan_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Pakistan_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Pakistan_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2365" data-file-height="1890" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.109%;left:32.586%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Quetta"><img alt="Quetta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Quetta</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Pakistan</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Quetta&params=30_11_45_N_67_1_2_E_region:PK_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°11′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">67°1′2″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.19583°N 67.01722°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.19583; 67.01722</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of Pakistan">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan"><img alt="Balochistan, Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Balochistan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Balochistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Balochistan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Balochistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="756" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Pakistan" title="Divisions of Pakistan">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quetta_Division" title="Quetta Division">Quetta</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Pakistan" title="Districts of Pakistan">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quetta_District" title="Quetta District">Quetta</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1876<span class="noprint">; 149 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1876</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Municipal Corporation<sup id="cite_ref-Government_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Government-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Quetta" title="Mayor of Quetta">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Seat Vacant</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Quetta" title="Mayor of Quetta">Deputy Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Seat Vacant</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Hamza_Shafqaat" title="Muhammad Hamza Shafqaat">Hamza Shafqaat</a><sup id="cite_ref-dawn1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Commissioner_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)">Deputy Commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Saad Bin Asad<sup id="cite_ref-dawn1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,501 km<sup>2</sup> (1,352 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,501 km<sup>2</sup> (1,352 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,680 m (5,510 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2023_Census_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Census of Pakistan">2023</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-census2017_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2017-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,565,546</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most populous cities in Pakistan">9th in Pakistan</a>;<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Balochistan,_Pakistan_by_population" title="List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population">1st in Balochistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">450/km<sup>2</sup> (1,200/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Quettan or Quettawal (kʰwətə.wal)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:00" title="UTC+05:00">UTC+05:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Standard_Time" title="Pakistan Standard Time">PKT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Pakistan" title="Postal codes in Pakistan">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">87300</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dialling_codes_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialling codes in Pakistan">Dialing code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">081</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/">www<wbr />.balochistan<wbr />.gov<wbr />.pk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Quetta</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">کوئٹہ</span></span>, <i>ko'eṭa</i>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hns-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[ˈkweːʈə]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/b\/b3\/Quetta_pronunciation.ogg\/Quetta_pronunciation.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Quetta pronunciation.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/Quetta_pronunciation.ogg/Quetta_pronunciation.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetta_pronunciation.ogg" title="File:Quetta pronunciation.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>, <a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a>: <span lang="ps" dir="rtl">کوټه</span>) is the capital and largest city of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_units_of_Pakistan" title="Administrative units of Pakistan">Pakistani province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan</a>. It is the ninth <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Pakistan_by_population" title="List of cities in Pakistan by population">largest city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a valley surrounded by mountains on all sides. Quetta is at an average elevation of 1,680 metres (5,510 feet) above sea level,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it Pakistan's highest altitude major city. The city is known as the <i>"Fruit Garden of Pakistan,"</i> due to the numerous fruit orchards in and around it and the large variety of fresh and dried fruits produced there.<sup id="cite_ref-Quetta_fruit_garden_of_Pakistan_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quetta_fruit_garden_of_Pakistan-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Located in northern <a href="/wiki/Balochistan" title="Balochistan">Balochistan</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Durand_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Durand line">Pakistan-Afghanistan border</a> and the road across to <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a>, Quetta is a trade and communication centre between the two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is near the <a href="/wiki/Bolan_Pass" title="Bolan Pass">Bolan Pass</a>, which was on a major gateway from <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> to <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Quetta</i> is a variation of the <a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a> word <i>Kwatkōṭ</i>, or <i>kōta</i> meaning "fortress".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quetta was formerly known as Shalkot (<a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a>: <span lang="ps" dir="rtl">ښالکوټ</span>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl">شالکوٹ</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Quetta" title="History of Quetta">History of Quetta</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 156px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 154px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetta_1880.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Fort Mirri in 1880"><img alt="Fort Mirri in 1880" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Quetta_1880.JPG/250px-Quetta_1880.JPG" decoding="async" width="154" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Quetta_1880.JPG/500px-Quetta_1880.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fort Mirri in 1880</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetta4m.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Quetta Cantonment, 1889"><img alt="Quetta Cantonment, 1889" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Quetta4m.jpg/250px-Quetta4m.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Quetta4m.jpg/500px-Quetta4m.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="451" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Quetta Cantonment, 1889</div> </li> </ul><p>Modern day Quetta was captured by <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni" title="Mahmud of Ghazni">Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi</a> during his <a href="/wiki/Ghaznavids" title="Ghaznavids">invasion of South Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burki_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burki-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1543, Mughal emperor <a href="/wiki/Humayun" title="Humayun">Humayun</a> came to Quetta en route to <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid Persia">Safavid Persia</a>, leaving his son and future Mughal emperor <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a> here. In 1709, the region was a part of Afghan <a href="/wiki/Hotak_dynasty" title="Hotak dynasty">Hotak dynasty</a> and stayed a part until 1747 when <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Shah_Durrani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Shah Durrani">Ahmed Shah Durrani</a> conquered it and made it a part of <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a>. The first European visited Quetta in 1828, describing it as <i>mud-walled fort surrounded by three hundred mud houses</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BHC_Govt_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHC_Govt-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation">Foundation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetta_map_before_1935.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Quetta_map_before_1935.jpg/330px-Quetta_map_before_1935.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Quetta_map_before_1935.jpg/500px-Quetta_map_before_1935.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Quetta_map_before_1935.jpg/960px-Quetta_map_before_1935.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1159" data-file-height="849" /></a><figcaption>Map of Quetta after the <a href="/wiki/1935_Quetta_earthquake" title="1935 Quetta earthquake">1935 Quetta earthquake</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1876, Quetta was occupied by the British and subsequently incorporated into <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burki_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burki-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1856, British General <a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_(East_India_Company_officer)" title="John Jacob (East India Company officer)">John Jacob</a> had urged his government to occupy Quetta given its strategic position on the western frontier.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British troops constructed the infrastructure for their establishment as a garrison town.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was reconstructed after the <a href="/wiki/1935_Quetta_earthquake" title="1935 Quetta earthquake">1935 Quetta earthquake</a>, which razed the city to the ground. The epicentre of the earthquake was close to the city and destroyed most of the city's infrastructure, killing an estimated 40,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-ڈان_اردو_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ڈان_اردو-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the foundation of Pakistan, Balochistan acquired the status of a province and Quetta became a provincial capital.<sup id="cite_ref-Burki_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burki-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Quetta" title="Climate of Quetta">Climate of Quetta</a></div> <p>Quetta has a <a href="/wiki/Cold_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold semi-arid climate">cold semi-arid climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>BSk</i>) with a significant variation between summer and winter temperatures. Summer starts from late May and goes on until early September with average temperatures ranging from 24–26 °C (75–79 °F). The highest temperature in Quetta is 42 °C (108 °F) which was recorded on 10 July 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-pakmet.com.pk_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakmet.com.pk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Autumn starts in mid-September and continues until mid-November with average temperatures in the 12–18 °C (54–64 °F) range. Winter starts in late November and ends in late February with average temperatures near 4–5 °C (39–41 °F). The lowest temperature in Quetta is −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F) which was recorded on 8 January 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-pakmet.com.pk_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakmet.com.pk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spring starts in early March and ends in mid-May with average temperatures close to 15 °C (59 °F). Unlike more easterly parts of Pakistan, Quetta does not have a <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a> season of heavy rainfall. Highest rainfall during 24 hours in Quetta is 113 millimetres (4.4 in) which was recorded on 17 December 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-pakmet.com.pk_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakmet.com.pk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highest monthly rainfall of 232.4 millimetres (9.15 in) was recorded in March 1982 which was also the year of the highest annual rainfall, 949.8 millimetres (37.39 in).<sup id="cite_ref-pakmet.com.pk_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakmet.com.pk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the winter, snowfall has become quite erratic (December, January and February). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Quetta (1991-2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(88.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF0E00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(102.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.5<br />(106.7) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.0<br />(107.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.6<br />(105.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(100.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.0<br />(107.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(95.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.2<br />(62.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.4<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.7<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.3<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.9<br />(25.0) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.3<br />(31.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.3<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.3<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−18.3<br />(−0.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.0<br />(2.17) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.4<br />(2.30) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.5<br />(1.95) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(1.57) </td> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(0.70) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(0.13) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(0.35) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(0.19) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(0.17) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(0.18) </td> <td style="background: #E1FFE1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #CBFFCB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.36) </td> <td style="background: #D9FFD9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">300.2<br />(11.83) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #0000B6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22<br />(8.7) </td> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.51<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14<br />(5.4) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">56.51<br />(22.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43 </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40 </td> <td style="background: #4B4BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">220.1 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209.05 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">232.5 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">273.0 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">334.8 </td> <td style="background: #F7F720; color:#000000;" class="notheme">327.0 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">313.1 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">313.1 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">294.0 </td> <td style="background: #F0F00F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">306.9 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB05; color:#000000;" class="notheme">279.0 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">238.7 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,341.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA,<sup id="cite_ref-WMOCLINO_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMOCLINO-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Hong Kong Observatory</i> (altitude: 1589 m) (only snow inch, sun)<sup id="cite_ref-Hong_Kong_Observatory_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hong_Kong_Observatory-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: PMD,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a> (humidity 1951-1967)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>The city saw a severe drought from 1999 to 2001 during which the city did not receive snowfall and below normal rains. In 2002, the city received snow after a gap of five years. In 2004 and 2005, the city received normal rains after three years without snowfall while in 2006, 2007 and 2009 the city received no snow. In 2008, it received a snowfall of 10 centimetres (4 in) in four hours on 29 January,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed on 2 February by 25.4 centimetres (10 in) in 10 hours<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – the city's heaviest snowfall in a decade. During the winter of 2010, it received no snow and saw below normal rains due to the presence of <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o-Southern_Oscillation" class="mw-redirect" title="El Niño-Southern Oscillation">El-Nino</a> over Pakistan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1941 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">65,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">84,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+29.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">107,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+27.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1972 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">158,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+47.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1981 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">286,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+81.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1998 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">565,137</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+97.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2017 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,001,205</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+77.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2023</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,565,546</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+56.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-pocketbook2006_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pocketbook2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census2017_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2017-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Pakistani_census" title="2023 Pakistani census">2023 Census of Pakistan</a>, the population of the city was a total of 1,565,546.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This makes it the largest city in Balochistan province and one of the major cities of Pakistan. Quetta is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Pashtun_Question_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Pashtun_Question-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has a <a href="/wiki/Pashtuns" title="Pashtuns">Pashtun</a> plurality followed by <a href="/wiki/Baloch_people" title="Baloch people">Balochs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hazara_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazara people">Hazaras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brahui_people" title="Brahui people">Brahui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjabi people">Punjabis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muhajir_(Urdu-speaking_people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhajir (Urdu-speaking people)">Muhajir people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonah_BlankChristopher_ClaryBrian_Nichiporuk2014_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonah_BlankChristopher_ClaryBrian_Nichiporuk2014-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Paksitan_&_The_Karakoram_Highway_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paksitan_&_The_Karakoram_Highway-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> being the national language is used and understood by all the residents and serves as a <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a>. </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> and the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, there are as many as 500,000-600,000 <a href="/wiki/Hazaras" title="Hazaras">Hazaras</a> living in Quetta and its surrounding areas.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religious groups in Quetta City (1891–2023)<sup id="cite_ref-QuettaCity1891to2023_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuettaCity1891to2023-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Pakistan" title="Religion in Pakistan">Religious</a><br />group </th> <th colspan="2">1891<sup id="cite_ref-Census1891_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1891-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1941<sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2017<sup id="cite_ref-Census2017B_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2017B-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2017C_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2017C-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2023<sup id="cite_ref-Census2023B_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2023B-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td>7,180 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001423174397359580♠" style="display:none"></span>42.32% </td> <td>24,010 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001372386624480426♠" style="display:none"></span>37.24% </td> <td>6,112 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999611576119313377♠" style="display:none"></span>0.61% </td> <td>5,366 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999415371372660730♠" style="display:none"></span>0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/20px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/40px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>6,281 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001370189190782106♠" style="display:none"></span>37.02% </td> <td>27,935 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001433261988957131♠" style="display:none"></span>43.33% </td> <td>975,815 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001976415495529750♠" style="display:none"></span>97.64% </td> <td>1,264,791 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001979049522547404♠" style="display:none"></span>97.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/20px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/40px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td>2,650 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001156185536629928♠" style="display:none"></span>15.62% </td> <td>5,024 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000779204665301817♠" style="display:none"></span>7.79% </td> <td>16,842 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000168523642039854♠" style="display:none"></span>1.69% </td> <td>20,897 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000161759514992383♠" style="display:none"></span>1.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/20px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/40px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td>807 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000475629162491896♠" style="display:none"></span>4.76% </td> <td>7,364 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001114213040511197♠" style="display:none"></span>11.42% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>123 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997952118502371781♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Faravahar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/15px-Faravahar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/23px-Faravahar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/30px-Faravahar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td>31 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999182707608887841♠" style="display:none"></span>0.18% </td> <td>73 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999113220423103170♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>46 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997356076838285381♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_of_David.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/20px-Star_of_David.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/40px-Star_of_David.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="693" /></a></span> </td> <td>16 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998943007013614663♠" style="display:none"></span>0.09% </td> <td>11 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998170606117004776♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/20px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/40px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="697" /></a></span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>42 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998651405174018239♠" style="display:none"></span>0.07% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/20px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/40px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997930578820026056♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tribal_religions_in_India" title="Tribal religions in India">Tribal</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadiyya</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg/20px-Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg/40px-Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>363 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998363223382380163♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>127 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997983081705700945♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998117875876701832♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>11 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998170606117004776♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td>253 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998253155690749811♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>506 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998391684522113919♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total population </th> <th>16,967 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>64,476 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>999,385 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>1,291,856 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the local level, the city is governed by a municipal corporation consisting of 66 ward members which elects a mayor and a deputy mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-Government_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Government-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, <a href="/wiki/Quetta_Development_Authority" title="Quetta Development Authority">Quetta Development Authority</a> is responsible for provision of municipal services for the city.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baleli_Railway_Station,_Quetta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Baleli_Railway_Station%2C_Quetta.jpg/250px-Baleli_Railway_Station%2C_Quetta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Baleli_Railway_Station%2C_Quetta.jpg/330px-Baleli_Railway_Station%2C_Quetta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Baleli_Railway_Station%2C_Quetta.jpg/500px-Baleli_Railway_Station%2C_Quetta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Passengers boarding a Chaman bound train at Baleli, Quetta</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetta_Railway_Station_-_40311.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Quetta_Railway_Station_-_40311.jpg/250px-Quetta_Railway_Station_-_40311.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Quetta_Railway_Station_-_40311.jpg/330px-Quetta_Railway_Station_-_40311.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Quetta_Railway_Station_-_40311.jpg/500px-Quetta_Railway_Station_-_40311.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Quetta_railway_station" title="Quetta railway station">Quetta railway station</a> was built during the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Quetta is on the western side of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and is connected to the rest of the country by a network of roads, railways and its international airport close to its centre. </p><p>At an altitude of 1,605 metres (5,266 feet) above sea level, <a href="/wiki/Quetta_International_Airport" title="Quetta International Airport">Quetta International Airport</a> is the second-highest airport in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_International_Airlines" title="Pakistan International Airlines">Pakistan International Airlines</a> has regular flights to and from the other major cities of Pakistan including <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwadar" title="Gwadar">Gwadar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Quetta_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Quetta Railway Station">Quetta Railway Station</a> is one of the highest railway stations in Pakistan at 1,676 metres (5,499 feet) above sea level. The railway track was laid in the 1890s during the British era to link Quetta with rest of the country. The extensive network of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Railways" title="Pakistan Railways">Pakistan Railways</a> connects Quetta to Karachi in the south, by a 863 km (536 mi) track, <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> in the northeast (1,170 km or 727 miles) and <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a> further northeast (1,587 km or 986 miles). A metalled road runs alongside the railway that connects Quetta to Karachi via the nearby town of <a href="/wiki/Sibi" title="Sibi">Sibi</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jacobabad" title="Jacobabad">Jacobabad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rohri" title="Rohri">Rohri</a> in the plain of the <a href="/wiki/River_Indus" class="mw-redirect" title="River Indus">River Indus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quetta serves as the learning centre for the Balochistan province. The city has a number of government and private colleges, including the following: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balochistan_Agriculture_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Balochistan Agriculture College">Balochistan Agriculture College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochistan_University_of_Information_Technology_Engineering_and_Management_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences">Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences</a> (BUITEMS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolan_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolan Medical College">Bolan Medical College</a></li> <li>Islamia High School, Quetta; It was frequently visited by Quaid-e-Azam <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah" title="Muhammad Ali Jinnah">Muhammad Ali Jinnah</a> (the founding father of Pakistan) in 1937, and was nicknamed as <i>Chhota Aligarh</i> (Little <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh</a>) by him.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Command_and_Staff_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Command and Staff College">Pakistan Command and Staff College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Bahadur_Khan_Women%27s_University" title="Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University">Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Francis_Grammar_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St Francis Grammar School">St Francis Grammar School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph%27s_Convent_School,_Quetta" title="St. Joseph's Convent School, Quetta">St. Joseph's Convent School, Quetta</a></li> <li>Government Science College, Quetta</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tameer-e-Nau_Public_College,_Quetta" class="mw-redirect" title="Tameer-e-Nau Public College, Quetta">Tameer-e-Nau Public College</a></li> <li>University Law College, Quetta</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Balochistan" title="University of Balochistan">University of Balochistan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qayyum_Changezi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Qayyum_Changezi.jpg/250px-Qayyum_Changezi.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Qayyum_Changezi.jpg/330px-Qayyum_Changezi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="936" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Qayyum_Papa_Stadium" title="Qayyum Papa Stadium">Qayyum Papa Stadium</a> is named after <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_football_team" title="Pakistan national football team">Pakistan national football team</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Qayyum_Changezi" title="Qayyum Changezi">Qayyum Changezi</a>, hailing from Quetta</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> is the most popular sport among the people of Quetta.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has produced notable footballers for the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_football_team" title="Pakistan national football team">Pakistan national football team</a> including <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Wahid_Durrani" title="Abdul Wahid Durrani">Abdul Wahid Durrani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qayyum_Changezi" title="Qayyum Changezi">Qayyum Changezi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayub_Dar" title="Ayub Dar">Ayub Dar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_(footballer,_born_1989)" title="Mohammad Ali (footballer, born 1989)">Mohammad Ali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rajab_Ali_(footballer)" title="Rajab Ali (footballer)">Rajab Ali Hazara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Main football clubs from Quetta include <a href="/wiki/Baloch_FC_Quetta" title="Baloch FC Quetta">Baloch Quetta</a>. <a href="/wiki/Balochistan_United_W.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Balochistan United W.F.C.">Balochistan United WFC</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2014_National_Women_Football_Championship" title="2014 National Women Football Championship">2014 National Women Championship</a>. The major football ground is <a href="/wiki/Ayub_National_Stadium" title="Ayub National Stadium">Ayub National Stadium</a>, a multipurpose stadium also used for athletics. Other football grounds include <a href="/wiki/Qayyum_Papa_Stadium" title="Qayyum Papa Stadium">Qayyum Papa Stadium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Shaheed_Stadium" title="Sadiq Shaheed Stadium">Sadiq Shaheed Stadium</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bugti_stadium_Quetta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Quetta cricket stadium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Bugti_stadium_Quetta.jpg/250px-Bugti_stadium_Quetta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Bugti_stadium_Quetta.jpg/330px-Bugti_stadium_Quetta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Bugti_stadium_Quetta.jpg/500px-Bugti_stadium_Quetta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1056" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bugti_Stadium" title="Bugti Stadium">Bugti Stadium</a>, home of <a href="/wiki/Quetta_Gladiators" title="Quetta Gladiators">Quetta Gladiators</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bugti_Stadium" title="Bugti Stadium">Bugti Stadium</a> is the home of <a href="/wiki/Balochistan_cricket_team" title="Balochistan cricket team">Balochistan cricket team</a>, a <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class cricket</a> team which competes in domestic tournaments,<sup id="cite_ref-Cricinfo1_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cricinfo1-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Quetta-based team <a href="/wiki/Quetta_Gladiators" title="Quetta Gladiators">Quetta Gladiators</a> compete in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Super_League" title="Pakistan Super League">Pakistan Super League</a> (PSL). They were the champion of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Pakistan_Super_League" title="2019 Pakistan Super League">PSL 2019</a>. </p><p>Boxing is highly popular as well.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Waseem" title="Muhammad Waseem">Muhammad Waseem</a> is a professional boxer from Quetta. In Body Building Nisar Ahmed Khilji has Mr. Balochistan and Mr. Pakistan Titles and Pakistan representation in International Body Building Contests. In hockey, Quetta has produced <a href="/wiki/Zeeshan_Ashraf" title="Zeeshan Ashraf">Zeeshan Ashraf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shakeel_Abbasi" title="Shakeel Abbasi">Shakeel Abbasi</a>, who were members of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_men%27s_national_field_hockey_team" title="Pakistan men's national field hockey team">Pakistan's national hockey team</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Facilities">Facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local facilities were created in the city for <a href="/wiki/Mountain_climbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain climbing">mountain climbing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caving" title="Caving">caving</a> as well as water sports. <a href="/wiki/Hayatullah_Khan_Durrani" title="Hayatullah Khan Durrani">Hayatullah Khan Durrani</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pride_of_Performance" title="Pride of Performance">Pride of Performance</a>) is the chief executive of Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy, Balochistan's first and only Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Sailing, rough swimming and boating academy where all such facilities provide free to the youth members at <a href="/wiki/Hanna_Lake" title="Hanna Lake">Hanna Lake</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_and_sister_cities">Twin towns and sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Twin towns and sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Pakistan" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Pakistan">List of twin towns and sister cities in Pakistan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetta_Infantry_School.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Junior officers in a tactical discussion at the Infantry School, Quetta"><img alt="Junior officers in a tactical discussion at the Infantry School, Quetta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Quetta_Infantry_School.png/250px-Quetta_Infantry_School.png" decoding="async" width="161" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Quetta_Infantry_School.png/330px-Quetta_Infantry_School.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="785" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Junior officers in a tactical discussion at the Infantry School, Quetta</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanna_Lake_Quetta_P1140271.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hanna Lake"><img alt="Hanna Lake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hanna_Lake_Quetta_P1140271.jpg/250px-Hanna_Lake_Quetta_P1140271.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hanna_Lake_Quetta_P1140271.jpg/330px-Hanna_Lake_Quetta_P1140271.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hanna_Lake_Quetta_P1140271.jpg/500px-Hanna_Lake_Quetta_P1140271.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2041" data-file-height="1356" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Lake" title="Hanna Lake">Hanna Lake</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Askrri_park_quetta_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Askari Park"><img alt="Askari Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Askrri_park_quetta_-_panoramio.jpg/250px-Askrri_park_quetta_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Askrri_park_quetta_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Askrri_park_quetta_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Askari Park</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jinnah_Road,_Quetta.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Jinnah Road"><img alt="Jinnah Road" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Jinnah_Road%2C_Quetta.JPG/250px-Jinnah_Road%2C_Quetta.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Jinnah_Road%2C_Quetta.JPG/330px-Jinnah_Road%2C_Quetta.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Jinnah_Road%2C_Quetta.JPG/500px-Jinnah_Road%2C_Quetta.JPG 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jinnah Road</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetta1880---.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Quetta in 1880"><img alt="Quetta in 1880" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Quetta1880---.JPG/159px-Quetta1880---.JPG" decoding="async" width="159" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Quetta1880---.JPG/238px-Quetta1880---.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Quetta1880---.JPG/318px-Quetta1880---.JPG 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Quetta in 1880</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Ziarat_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Ziarat earthquake">2008 Ziarat earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochi_cuisine" title="Balochi cuisine">Balochi cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor%27s_House,_Quetta" title="Governor's House, Quetta">Governor's House, Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Quetta" title="List of people from Quetta">List of people from Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quetta_hut" title="Quetta hut">Quetta hut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quetta_Memorial_Precinct" title="Quetta Memorial Precinct">Quetta Memorial Precinct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Quetta" title="RMS Quetta">RMS Quetta</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetta&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 May</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Daily+Times&rft.atitle=Leading+News+Resource+of+Pakistan&rft.date=2008-02-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytimes.com.pk%2Fdefault.asp%3Fpage%3D2008%255C02%255C04%255Cstory_4-2-2008_pg7_22&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuetta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pocketbook2006-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pocketbook2006_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFElahi2006" class="citation book cs1">Elahi, Asad (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211332/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/pakistan-statistical-pocket-book-2006">"2: Population"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/pakistan-statistical-pocket-book-2006"><i>Pakistan Statistical Pocket Book 2006</i></a>. Islamabad, Pakistan: Government of Pakistan: Statistics Division. p. 28. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/other/pocket_book2006/2.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 30 March 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=2%3A+Population&rft.btitle=Pakistan+Statistical+Pocket+Book+2006&rft.place=Islamabad%2C+Pakistan&rft.pages=28&rft.pub=Government+of+Pakistan%3A+Statistics+Division&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Elahi&rft.aufirst=Asad&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.gov.pk%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fother%2Fpocket_book2006%2F2.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuetta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/">"Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information"</a>. <i>www.citypopulation.de</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210633/https://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-100T.html">Archived</a> from the original on 28 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 August</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.citypopulation.de&rft.atitle=Pakistan%3A+Provinces+and+Major+Cities+-+Population+Statistics%2C+Maps%2C+Charts%2C+Weather+and+Web+Information&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypopulation.de%2Fen%2Fpakistan%2Fcities%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuetta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Pashtun_Question-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Pashtun_Question_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAbubakar_Siddique2014" class="citation book cs1">Abubakar Siddique (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PkVeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22"><i>The Pashtun Question: The Unresolved Key to the Future of Pakistan and Afghanistan</i></a>. Hurst. p. 22. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84904-292-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84904-292-5"><bdi>978-1-84904-292-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pashtun+Question%3A+The+Unresolved+Key+to+the+Future+of+Pakistan+and+Afghanistan&rft.pages=22&rft.pub=Hurst&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-84904-292-5&rft.au=Abubakar+Siddique&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPkVeBAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA22&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuetta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBianchi2008" class="citation book cs1">Bianchi, Robert (25 March 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6dzQCwAAQBAJ"><i>Guests of God: Pilgrimage and Politics in the Islamic World</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 92. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-971183-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-971183-3"><bdi>978-0-19-971183-3</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250219204702/https://books.google.com/books?id=6dzQCwAAQBAJ">Archived</a> from the original on 19 February 2025<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 July</span> 2024</span>. <q>The largest communities are Pashtuns, Punjabis, and muhajirs, but no group is a majority. In fact, Quetta is one of the few districts in all Pakistan where no linguistic group can claim dominance, either numerically or politically. Aside from occasional clashes with Shi'ite protesters encouraged by proximity to Iran, Quetta seems like a model of tolerance compared with the carnage ravaging the much larger melting pot of Karachi.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Guests+of+God%3A+Pilgrimage+and+Politics+in+the+Islamic+World&rft.pages=92&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2008-03-25&rft.isbn=978-0-19-971183-3&rft.aulast=Bianchi&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6dzQCwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuetta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonah_BlankChristopher_ClaryBrian_Nichiporuk2014-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonah_BlankChristopher_ClaryBrian_Nichiporuk2014_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJonah_BlankChristopher_ClaryBrian_Nichiporuk2014">Jonah Blank, Christopher Clary & Brian Nichiporuk 2014</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Paksitan_&_The_Karakoram_Highway-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Paksitan_&_The_Karakoram_Highway_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSarina_Singh2008" class="citation book cs1">Sarina Singh (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zn8I4qEew9oC&pg=PA142"><i>Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway</i></a>. 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Neighbourhoods of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Quetta</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Administrations: <a href="/wiki/Quetta_Division" title="Quetta Division">Quetta Division</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quetta_District" title="Quetta District">Quetta District</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tehsils_of_Balochistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehsils of Balochistan">Tehsils</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Chiltan</li> <li>Zarghoon</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/120px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Gulzar, Quetta">Gulzar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Valley" title="Hanna Valley">Hanna Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazara_Town" title="Hazara Town">Hazara Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuchlak" title="Kuchlak">Kuchlak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_Abad" title="Mari Abad">Mari Abad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsi_Colony" title="Parsi Colony">Parsi Colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quetta_Cantonment" title="Quetta Cantonment">Quetta Cantonment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Town,_Quetta" title="Satellite Town, Quetta">Satellite Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">Localities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killi_Kateer" title="Killi Kateer">Killi Kateer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirani" title="Kirani">Kirani</a></li></ul> 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Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujranwala" title="Gujranwala">Gujranwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujrat,_Pakistan" title="Gujrat, Pakistan">Gujrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhang" title="Jhang">Jhang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhelum" title="Jhelum">Jhelum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasur" title="Kasur">Kasur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanewal" title="Khanewal">Khanewal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharian" title="Kharian">Kharian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandi_Bahauddin" title="Mandi Bahauddin">Mandi Bahauddin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mianwali" title="Mianwali">Mianwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multan" title="Multan">Multan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murree" title="Murree">Murree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okara,_Pakistan" title="Okara, Pakistan">Okara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Yar_Khan" title="Rahim Yar Khan">Rahim Yar Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Jacobabad" title="Jacobabad">Jacobabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khairpur" title="Khairpur">Khairpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotri" title="Kotri">Kotri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkana" title="Larkana">Larkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirpur_Khas" title="Mirpur Khas">Mirpur Khas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawabshah" title="Nawabshah">Nawabshah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukkur" title="Sukkur">Sukkur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thatta" title="Thatta">Thatta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad">Abbottabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannu" title="Bannu">Bannu</a></li> <li><a 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