District
Headquarters
Zhob
Date of Notification 1890
Area 16,520 sq.km
Major Ethnic Groups Phatan
Major Languages Pashto
Climate Winters are cold, summers are not very hot summer, but with heavy monsoon rains. Autumn is dry.
Major Crops Wheat, Fruits, Fodder, Barley , Vegetable, Onion, Potato, Maize
Important Minerals Number of minerals are reported, but none exploited.
Important Places Mound Paryano Ghundi
Communication Metalled 140 km
Shingle 718 km
Railway 295 km*
Airport 1
* abandoned since 1985