Usta Muhammad استا محمد | |
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| Usta Muhammad | |
 Map of Balochistan with Usta Muhammad District highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 28°10′42″N 68°2′35″E / 28.17833°N 68.04306°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Balochistan |
| Division | Nasirabad |
| Established | September 01 2022 |
| Headquarters | Usta Mohammad |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | Anawar Badini |
| • MPA | Sardarzada Mir Faisal Khan Jamali |
| Area | |
• Total | 953 km2 (368 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 263,202 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Constituency Provincial | PB 14 |
| Website | Official site |
Usta Muhammad (Balochi: استا محمد, Sindhi: اوستہ محمد) district lies in the southeastern part of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.[3]
Usta Muhammad District is sub-divided into two tehsils. Usta Mohammad tehsil serves as the district headquarters.[4] It was created in September 2022 by dividing Jaffarabad District.[5]
Usta Muhammad district lies in the plains adjoining the Sindh province.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2017censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ census when Usta Muhammad & Gandakha were tehsils of Jaffarabad
- ^ "Balochistan's new districts to bring prosperity: Farah". The Nation newspaper. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ PCO 2000, p. 1.
- ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jaffarabad (new Usta Muhammad District created from old Jaffarabad District in 2022)". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2024.