Surab, Pakistan

{{Short description|Town in Balochistan, Pakistan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

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| name = Surab

| settlement_type = District Headquarter / Town

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Balochistan}}

| subdivision_type2 = Division

| subdivision_name2 = Kalat

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Surab

| population_total = 36,468

| population_as_of = 2023

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-Balochistan.html|url-status=dead|title=Balochistan: Cities, Municipalities & Towns - population of Surab|website=Citypopulation.de website|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629022911/http://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-Balochistan.html|access-date=5 July 2023}}

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| area_code = 0844

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| timezone1 = PST

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| native_name = {{nq|سوراب}}

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Surab (Balochi, and Urdu: {{nq|سوراب}}) is the district headquarters of Surab District, which was founded on 1 August 2017, when it was carved out of Kalat District, in Pakistan's Balochistan province.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=85&dn=Kalat|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 March 2012|title=Tehsils and Unions in the District of Kalat|website=National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326132342/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=85&dn=Kalat}}

Surab District is famous for its apple and grape orchards. The largest tribes in Surab District are Reki, Mirwanis, Rodenis, Muhammad Hassni, Harooni, Mullazai, Mardanshahi, Zehris, minor nichari and Mengal. Brahvi is the native language of the locals.

On 30 May 2025, the town was attacked by Balochistan Liberation Army militants who killed a local government official, set his house on fire and looted a bank, in addition to attacking other key locations.{{Cite news|title=One dead after insurgents briefly seize control of a city in southwest Pakistan and loot a bank |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-separatists-attack-sorab-537f68c2607c69824693c77886a3fec2 |access-date=31 May 2025 |date=31 May 2025 |website=AP News}}