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Harnai District

ضلع ہرنائی
هرناۍ ولسوالۍ‎
Harnai District ضلع ہرنائی; هرناۍ ولسوالۍ‎
District of Balochistan
	Mountains in Harnai
	Map of Balochistan with Harnai District highlighted
	Coordinates: 30°06′20″N 67°56′23″E / 30.105447°N 67.939861°E
Land	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Sibi
Hauptsitz	Harnai
Regierung
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	K.A.
• District Police Officer	K.A.
• District Health Officer	K.A.
Area
• Total	2,492 km2 (962 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	257,571
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

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Harnai ( Pashto: هرناۍ ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع ہرنائی) is a district in the northeastern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Harnai is the principal town of this district and serves as its administrative headquarters.

Until 2007, Harnai had been a tehsil of Sibi District, in August, the Balochistan Government announced the Harnai district would be created by splitting the Sibi district and forming the new district from Harnai and Shahrag tehsils and the sub-tehsil of Khost.^[1]

History

The name Harnai refers to an influential Hindu personality, Harnam Das, supposed founder of Harnai town, the capital of Harnai District. The town is quite close to Loralai, Ziarat, Sibi, and Quetta. Harnai is surrounded by imposing hills on all sides. The encircling hill ranges have the resounding names of 'Khalifat' and 'Zarghun'. Harnai proper has a population of about 200,000. The majority of the population of Harnai are Tareens and they mostly speak a unique dialect, or language, Tarino (Wanetsi), which is quite different from the Pushto spoken in other parts of Baluchistan and NWFP provinces, and is probably a mixture of Pushto, Urdu and other languages developed as a 'lingua franca' sometime during the 18th and 19th centuries, when a variety of people of different ethnic origins lived here. There seems to be no earlier historical record or trace of it.

Geography and climate

Harnai is surrounded by mountainous ranges. The minimum and maximum winter temperature of the area is −2˚C to 20˚C. The summer is extreme in the area and the minimum and maximum temperature fall between 20˚C to 48˚C. Harnai has a fertile rainy season during monsoon time. In general, Harnai has pleasant weather in the winter season. Harnai is one of the most beautiful cities of the Balochistan Province with plenty of water available in the streams. It is the only area of the production of fresh vegetables and fruits with fresh and clean water in the whole of Balochistan.

Demographics

At the time of the 2023 census the district had a population of 127,571.^[2]

Religions in Harnai district (2023)^[3]
Religion			Percent
Islam			99.13%
Christianity			0.49%
Hinduism			0.33%
Other			0.05%

Languages of Harnai district (2023)

Pashto (89.24%)

Balochi (8.2%)

Sindhi (0.7%)

Others (1.86%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 89.24% of the population spoke Pashto, 8.2% Balochi and 0.7% Sindhi as their first language.

References

^ Harnai is new district of Balochistan Dawn newspaper, Published 31 August 2007, Retrieved 7 February 2024
^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_1.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_9.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Bibliography

1998 District census report of Sibi. Census publication. Vol. 17. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

External links

Harnai District at www.balochistan.gov.pk
Harnai District Development Profile 2011 Archived 2017-10-26 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Harnai is new district of Balochistan Dawn newspaper, Published 31 August 2007, Retrieved 7 February 2024

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-'''Harnai''' ({{lang-ps| هرنای}}) is a [[Districts of Pakistan|district]] in the north-east of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]] province of [[Pakistan]]. [[Harnai]] is the principal town of this district and serves as its capital.
+'''Harnai''' ( {{lang-ps|هرناۍ ولسوالۍ}}, {{lang-ur|{{nq|ضلع ہرنائی}}}}) is a [[Districts of Pakistan|district]] in the northeastern part of the [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]] province of [[Pakistan]]. [[Harnai]] is the principal town of this district and serves as its administrative headquarters.
-The predominant [[first language]] is [[Pashto]] – in the 1998 census it accounted for {{sigfig|89.75|2}}% of the population of the Harnai subdivision of Sibi, while [[Balochi language|Balochi]] accounted for {{sigfig|7.21|2}}%.{{sfn|PCO|1999|p=89}} [[Wanetsi]], a unique and archaic dialect of [[Pashto]], is spoken in the district.<ref name="Hallberg">Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. ''Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri''. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.</ref>
+Until 2007, Harnai had been a tehsil of [[Sibi District]], in August, the Balochistan Government announced the Harnai district would be created by splitting the Sibi district and forming the new district from [[Harnai Tehsil|Harnai]] and Shahrag tehsils and the sub-tehsil of Khost.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/263890/harnai-is-new-district-of-balochistan Harnai is new district of Balochistan] Dawn newspaper, Published 31 August 2007, Retrieved 7 February 2024</ref>
 ==History==
-The name Harnai refers to an influential Hindu personality, Harnam Das, supposed founder of Harnai town, the capital of Harnai District. The town is quite close to Loralai, Ziarat, Sibi, and Quetta. Harnai is surrounded by imposing hills on all sides. The encircling hill ranges have the resounding names of 'Khalifat' and 'Zarghun'. Harnai proper has a population of about 200,000. The majority of the population of Harnai are Tareens and they mostly speak a unique dialect, or language, 'Tareeno', which is quite different from the Pushto spoken in other parts of Baluchistan and NWFP provinces, and is probably a mixture of Pushto, Hindi and other languages developed as a 'lingua franca' sometime during the 18th and 19th centuries, when a variety of people of different ethnic origins lived here. There seems to be no earlier historical record or trace of it.
+The name Harnai refers to an influential Hindu personality, Harnam Das, supposed founder of Harnai town, the capital of Harnai District. The town is quite close to Loralai, Ziarat, Sibi, and Quetta. Harnai is surrounded by imposing hills on all sides. The encircling hill ranges have the resounding names of 'Khalifat' and 'Zarghun'. Harnai proper has a population of about 200,000. The majority of the population of Harnai are Tareens and they mostly speak a unique dialect, or language, [[Tarino]] ([[Wanetsi]]), which is quite different from the Pushto spoken in other parts of Baluchistan and NWFP provinces, and is probably a mixture of Pushto, Urdu and other languages developed as a 'lingua franca' sometime during the 18th and 19th centuries, when a variety of people of different ethnic origins lived here. There seems to be no earlier historical record or trace of it.
-Until 2007 Harnai had been a tehsil of Sibi District, in August the Balochistan Government announced the Harnai district would be created by splitting the Sibi district and forming the new district from Harnai and Shahrag tehsils and the sub-tehsil of Khost.
 ==Geography and climate==
-Harnai is surrounded by mountainous ranges. The minimum and maximum winter temperature of the area is −2˚C to 20˚C. The summer is extreme in the area and the minimum and maximum temperature falls between 20˚C to 48˚C. Harnai has a fertile rainy season during monsoon time. In general Harnai has a pleasant weather in winter season. Harnai is one of the most beautiful cities of the Balochistan Province with the plenty of water available in the streams. It is the only area of the production of the fresh vegetables and fruits with fresh and clean water in the whole Balochistan.
+Harnai is surrounded by mountainous ranges. The minimum and maximum winter temperature of the area is −2˚C to 20˚C. The summer is extreme in the area and the minimum and maximum temperature fall between 20˚C to 48˚C. Harnai has a fertile rainy season during monsoon time. In general, Harnai has pleasant weather in the winter season. Harnai is one of the most beautiful cities of the Balochistan Province with plenty of water available in the streams. It is the only area of the production of fresh vegetables and fruits with fresh and clean water in the whole of Balochistan.
+==Demographics==
+At the time of the [[2023 Pakistani census|2023 census]] the district had a population of 127,571.<ref name=":1">https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>{{bar box|title=Religions in Harnai district (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_9.pdf}}</ref>|titlebar=#FCD116|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|float=left|bars={{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|99.13}}
+{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|darkblue|0.49}}
+{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Balochistan|Hinduism]]|darkorange|0.33}}
+{{bar percent|Other|gray|0.05}}}}{{Pie chart
+|caption = Languages of Harnai district (2023)
+|label1 = [[Pashto]] |value1 = 89.24 |color1 = orange
+|label2 = [[Balochi language|Balochi]] |value2 = 8.2 |color2 = limegreen
+|label3 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] |value3 = 0.7 |color3 = steelblue
+|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.86 |color4 = lightgrey
+|thumb=left}}
+At the time of the 2023 census, 89.24% of the population spoke [[Pashto]], 8.2% [[Balochi language|Balochi]] and 0.7% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] as their first language.
 ==References==
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 * [http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=817&Itemid=1103 Harnai District] at [http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/ www.balochistan.gov.pk]
-*[http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/DistrictProfile/DDP%20Final%202012/Harnai/Harnai.pdf Harnai District Development Profile 2011]
+*[http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/DistrictProfile/DDP%20Final%202012/Harnai/Harnai.pdf Harnai District Development Profile 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026101813/http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/DistrictProfile/DDP%20Final%202012/Harnai/Harnai.pdf |date=2017-10-26 }}
-* [http://www.sibidistrict.com/harnai/ Harnai ] at [http://www.sibidistrict.com/harnai/]
 {{Districts of Balochistan (Pakistan)}}
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+[[Category:Harnai District| ]]
 [[Category:Districts of Pakistan]]
 [[Category:Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan]]
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v t e Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
Provincial capital: Quetta
Kalat	Awaran Kalat Khuzdar Hub Lasbela Mastung Surab
Makran	Gwadar Kech Panjgur
Nasirabad	Jafarabad Jhal Magsi Kachhi Nasirabad Sohbatpur Usta Muhammad
Quetta	Chaman Killa Abdullah Pishin Karezat^d Quetta
Sibi	Dera Bugti Harnai Kohlu Sibi Ziarat
Zhob	Killa Saifullah Sherani Zhob
Rakhshan	Chagai^a Kharan^b Nushki^a Washuk^b Chaman^a
Loralai	Barkhan^c Loralai^c Musakhail^c Duki^c
^a - formerly part of Quetta Division; ^b - formerly part of Kalat Division; ^c - formerly part of Zhob Division ; ^d - abolished