Sanjawi
Sanjawi
سنځاوۍ | |
|---|---|
  Sanjawi Location within Pakistan  Sanjawi Location within Balochistan, Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 30°15′57″N 68°18′45″E / 30.26583°N 68.31250°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| District | Ziarat |
| Tehsil | Sanjawi |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 45,539 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Sanjawi (Pashto: سنځاوۍ), also spelled Sanzawi or Sinjawi, is a town in Balochistan, Pakistan, with a population of 124,000. It serves as the capital of Sanjawi Tehsil – an administrative subdivision of Ziarat District.[1]
Balochi and Wanetsi (Tareeno), which is a unique and archaic dialect of Pashto, are spoken in the town.[2]
Sanjawi is located about 32 km (20 mi) from Loralai, and 192 km (120 miles) from provincial capital Quetta.
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | ... | — |
| 1961 | ... | — |
| 1972 | ... | — |
| 1981 | ... | — |
| 1998 | ... | — |
| 2017 | ... | — |
| 2023 | 45,539 | — |
| Source: [3] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Sanjawi has a population of 45,539.[4]
Languages
Notable people
[edit]- Sardar Ehsanullah Dumar
- Arman Loni
- Wranga Loni
- ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Ziarat - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Hallberg, G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.
- ↑ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ↑ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
- ↑ "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Population Growth - Pakistan Bureau of Statistics" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 2025-11-19.