Dera Ghazi Khan () is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is the town of Dera Ghazi Khan.
The Sulaiman Mountains rise to a height of in the north of the district.[ Dera Ghazi Khan District – Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 248]
Administration
The district is divided into Four
[ Pakistan Government – List of Tehsils ] which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils:
[ Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan ]
History
The city was founded at the close of the 15th century and named after
Ghazi Khan, son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani, a
Baloch people chieftain, who had declared independence from the Langah Dynasty's
of
Multan.
Together with two other
Deras i.e. settlements, Dera Ismail Khan and
Fateh Khan, it gave its name to
Derajat.
Derajat eventually came into the possession of the
British Empire after the Sikh War in 1849 and was divided into two districts: Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan.
After the independence, many of the city's
Hindu residents settled in
Derawal Nagar colony of
Delhi,
India.
The district of Rajanpur was later carved out of the Dera Ghazi Khan district.
Based on the surveys of 2004–2005, Dera Ghazi Khan district is considered one of the twenty poorest districts of Pakistan with about 51% of its population living under the poverty line.
Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
As well as being district capital, Dera Ghazi Khan is also the capital of U/
Sabra Nachan Sabra Nachan.. Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city of Dera Ghazi Khan is itself administratively subdivided into seven Union Councils.
Demography
According to the 1998 census, the most widely used first language
["Mother tongue": defined as the language of communication between parents and children, and recorded of each individual.] is
Saraiki language, spoken by % of the population, followed by
Balochi language with %,
Urdu with 3.2% and
Punjabi language with 1.3%.
See also
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Dera Ghazi Khan
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Dera Ghazi Khan Division
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Ghazi University
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Dera Ghazi Khan railway station
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Sulaiman Mountains
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Districts of Pakistan
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Punjab, Pakistan
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Kotri–Attock Line
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Basti Azeem
Location
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