Pishin District

Pishin District ضلع پشین پښين ولسوالۍ‎ پشین دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
View of Bala Niganda Village
Map of Balochistan with Pishin District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Quetta
Headquarters	Pishin
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Zahid Khan
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District of Balochistan	6,218 km2 (2,401 sq mi)
Elevation	1,555 m (5,102 ft)
Population  (2017)
• District of Balochistan	736,903
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
• Urban	243,785
• Rural	591,697
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	826[1]
National Assembly Seats (2023)	Total (1)   MMA (1)
Balochistan Assembly Seats (2023)	Total (3)   MMA (2)   PPP (1)
Number of Tehsils	5
Website	quetta.balochistan.gov.pk/district-pishin/

Pishin (Pashto: پښين, Urdu: ضلع پشین), IPA: pʂin/pçin, is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. District Pishin is located at a strategic point and is 45km² from the provincial headquarters, Quetta. In 1975, it was bifurcated from Quetta District, while in 1993 part of it was split off to form the new district of Killa Abdullah.^[2]

Again in 2022, part of it created the new district of Karezat. The name Pishin is a modernized form of ‘Pushang’, which is how the city was designated in (mainly pre-modern) Persian sources (Arabic sources using 'Fushang'). Myth attributes the origin of the Persian designation to a son of the mythical Emperor Afrasiab. Fushing was the spelling used in the records of Afghan government. The population of Pishin District was 300,000 in 2005.^[3]