Patra Sherani | |
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Town and union council | |
Country | Pakistan |
Region | Balochistan |
District | Dera Bugti District |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Patra Sherani is town and union council of Dera Bugti District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. [1]
A Union Council forms the second-tier of local government and fifth administrative division in Pakistan. Its structure and responsibilities differ between provinces and territories.
Dera Bugti is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212,742,631 people. In area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometres. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the far northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.
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