Naal, Balochistan

Naal (Nal) (Urdu ںال) is the largest tehsil of Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Pakistan with an estimated area of 4,413 km2[2] Naal is located in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Kalat Division. An ancient archaeological site is located at Naal town in Naal Tehsil.[3][4][5][6]

Naal
نال
Town / tehsil
Evening view of date palm trees in Naal, Balochistan
Evening view of date palm trees in Naal, Balochistan
Naal is located in Pakistan
Naal
Naal
Coordinates: 27.686°N 66.188°E / 27.686; 66.188
CountryPakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
DistrictKhuzdar District
MunicipalityNaal Town
Population
 (2017)
 • Total130,897[1]
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code+92848
Main languageBalochi, Brahui

Archaeology

An important archaeological site Sohr Damb is located nearby. It is pre-historic site dating back 3800 to 2000 BC.[7] There have been multiple rounds of excavations in the region.[8] The excavations has taken place in different periods, for instance, Harold Hargreaves led an excavation party in 1924[9]

Political

Prominent personalities of Naal include Mir Ghous Buksh Bizenjo,[10][11] Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo,[12][13][14] and Sardar Muhammad Aslam Bizenjo.

Livelihoods

The main source of income in the valley is through livestock, agriculture, and mining[15]

References
  1. "Naal (Sub Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
  2. "Nal (Sub Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
  3. "High Commission for Pakistan, London". www.phclondon.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  4. "History | Pakistan Embassy Tunis". pakistanembassytunis (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  5. "Proto-Historic Objects from Balochistan". www.harappa.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  6. "BALUCHISTAN i. Geography, History Ethnography – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  7. Görsdorf, Jochen; Franke-Vogt, Ute (January 2007). "Implication of Radiocarbon Dates from Sohr Damb/Nal, Balochistan". Radiocarbon. 49 (2): 703–712. doi:10.1017/S0033822200042594. ISSN 0033-8222.
  8. Herzfeld, Ernst. "A new inscription of Darius from Hamadan . Excavations in Baluchistan 1925, Sampur Mound, Mastung and Sohr Damb, Nāl . The dolmens of the Pulney Hills". (No Title).
  9. Frankfort, H. (September 1930). "EXCAVATIONS IN BALUCHISTAN 1925, SAMPUR MOUND, MASTUNGAND SOHR DAMB, NĀL. By H. Hargreaves. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, no. 35. Calcutta, 1929. pp. IV, 89, with 24 plates. 16s. 3d". Antiquity. 4 (15): 396–398. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00005172. ISSN 0003-598X.
  10. Bizanjo, Mīr G̲h̲aus̲ Bak̲h̲sh. In search of solutions : an autobiography of Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo.
  11. Khan, Mahrukh (2012). "Balochistan: the forgotten frontier". Strategic Studies. 32/33: 200–223. ISSN 1029-0990.
  12. "Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo laid to rest in home town of Balochistan". www.geo.tv.
  13. Mujahid, Abdul Basit. "Balochistan and Eighteenth Amendment" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. R. Chinoy, Sujan. CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) - THE PROJECT AND ITS PROSPECTS.
  15. Sarfaraz, Hamid. "Khuzdar: A District Profile".
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