Quetta Division

{{Short description|Administrative division of Balochistan, Pakistan}}

{{for|the military unit|4th (Quetta) Division}}

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| name = Quetta Division

| native_name = {{script/Arabic|کوټه څانګه‎}}
{{lang|bal|{{script/Arabic|کویٹه ولایت‎}}}}

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| settlement_type = Division

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| map_caption = Map of Quetta Division

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Balochistan}}

| subdivision_type2 = Capital

| subdivision_name2 = Quetta

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = 14 October 1955

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| government_type = Divisional Administration

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| leader_title = Commissioner

| leader_name = Muhammad Hamza Shafqaat (BPS-20 PAS)

| leader_title1 = Regional Police Officer

| leader_name1 = Abdul Hayee Baloch (BPS-20 PSP)

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 14,559

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| population_as_of = 2023

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_1_balochistan_province.pdf | title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN|date=2024-10-05|access-date=2024-10-05|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

| population_total = 4,259,163

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 1,974,854 (46.37%)

| population_rural = 2,284,309 (53.63%)

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| demographics_type1 = Language Speakers

| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_11.pdf|title=TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023}}

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| demographics_type2 = Literacy

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web | url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_balcohistan_province.pdf | title= Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023}}

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|Total:
(51.68%)

|Male:
(61.62%)

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| website = {{URL|quetta.balochistan.gov.pk}}

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| demographics1_info1 = {{bulleted list|Largest:
Pashto ({{Percentage | 3,011,875 | 3,934,961 | 2 }}) |Others:
Brahvi ({{Percentage | 357,448 | 3,934,961 | 2 }})}}

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Quetta Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan, being the third tier of government. CNIC Code of Quetta Division is 54.

In 2015, the Balochistan Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the provincial government to establish a new Rakhshan Division comprising the districts of Nushki, Chagai, Kharan, and Washuk which were parts of Quetta and Kalat.