Nasirabad Baluchistan

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Nasirabad is a district in Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Origin of name

Location

Nasirabad district is in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan.

Tahsils

The district is administratively subdivided into three tehsils, these are:[1]

History

Its original name was Temple Dera, named after Captain H. M. Temple, a career British civil servant, who served as the Political Agent for Sibi from 1891 to 1892. Among the local population it is still known as 'Tipul', a corruption of the word 'temple'.

The district was notified in 1974. For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tamboo district. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali.

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