{{Short description|District in Balochistan, Pakistan}} {{For|the administrative subdivision of Iran|Pishin District (Iran)}} {{original research|date=June 2021}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Karezat District | official_name = | native_name_lang = | native_name = {{lang|ur|{{nq|ضلع کاریزات}}}}<br>{{lang|ps|{{script/Arabic|کارېزات ولسوالۍ}}}}<br>{{lang|bal|{{script/Arabic|کارݔزات دمگ}}}} | settlement_type = District of Balochistan | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Pakistan - Balochistan - Pishin.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Balochistan with Karezat District highlighted | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Balochistan}} | subdivision_type2 = Division | subdivision_name2 = Quetta | founder = Balochistan Government | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = Khanozai | government_footnotes = | government_type = District Administration | leader_party = | leader_title = Assistant Commissioner | leader_name = Mohammad Ameer Hamza Bullo (PAS BS 17) | leader_title1 = District Police Officer | leader_name1 = N/A | leader_title2 = District Health Officer | leader_name2 = N/A | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 6,218 | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2017 | population_total = 736,903 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone1 = PST | established_title = Established | established_date = 21 Nov 2022 | blank_name_sec1 = District Council | blank_info_sec1 = | blank1_name_sec1 = Number of Tehsils | blank1_info_sec1 = 2 | blank2_name_sec1 = Main Language(s) | blank2_info_sec1 = | website = | extinct_title = Abolished | extinct_date = 29 Nov 2022 }} '''Karezat''' was established a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. In 21 Nov 2022, it was separated from Pishin District.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2360394/balochistan-creates-three-new-districts |title=Balochistan creates three new districts |date=7 June 2022 |author=Syed Ali Shah |access-date= 1 November 2022}}</ref> Karezat's headquarters was at Khanozai Bazar.{{sfn|PCO|2000|p=1}} The name Karezat is a modernized form of ‘Karezes’. The largest city is Khanozai Bazar.<ref name="balochistan.gov.pk">{{cite web |title=Home - Government of Balochistan |url=http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/pishin.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602215928/http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/pishin.html |archive-date=2016-06-02 |access-date=2016-05-14 |publisher=balochistan.gov.pk}}</ref>
== Administrations == {{static row numbers}} {| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash" !Tehsil !Area (km²)<ref>{{Cite web |title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_1.pdf}}</ref> !Pop. (2023) !Density (ppl/km²)
(2023) !Literacy rate (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_balochistan_district.pdf}}</ref> !Union Councils |- |Karezat Tehsil |1,240 |59,756 |48.19 |74.18% |... |- |Khanozai Tehsil |... |... |... |... |... |- |Bostan Tehsil |... |... |... |... |... |- |Nana Sahab Tehsil |... |... |... |... |... |}
== Abolished == '''''Karezat-Barshore District''''' was created on 21 November 2022.
On 22 November Barshore tehsil minus from Karezat-barshore District and barshore tehsil merge again in Pishin district.
Later on 29 November 2022 Balochistan Government Abolished Karezat District.
== See also ==
* Tehsils in Pakistan ** Tehsils of Balochistan ** Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan ** Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ** Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan ** Tehsils of Azad Kashmir ** Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan * Districts of Pakistan ** Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ** Districts of Punjab, Pakistan ** Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan ** Districts of Sindh, Pakistan ** Districts of Azad Kashmir ** Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan * Divisions of Pakistan ** Divisions of Balochistan ** Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ** Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan ** Divisions of Sindh ** Divisions of Azad Kashmir ** Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
== References == {{reflist}}
===Works cited=== *{{Cite book |title=1998 District census report of Killa Abdullah |location=Islamabad |publisher=Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan |series=Census publication |volume=121 |date=2000 |ref={{harvid|PCO|2000}}}}
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