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Divisions of Pakistan

On the primary level, Pakistan is divided into four provinces, two centrally administered areas and a capital territory.On the secondary level, the provinces are subdivided into districts, along with some agencies in Federally Administered Tribal Areas and districts are subdivided into tehsils.

This table shows the secondary-level(tehsils) subdivisions of Pakistan.

Division	Pop-1998	Pop-1981	Area(km)	Capital
Azad Kashmir	2,800,000	1,980,000	11,639	Muzaffarabad
Bahawalpur	7,635,591	4,668,636	45,588	Bahawalpur
Bannu	1,165,692	710,786	4,391	Bannu
Dera Ghazi Khan	6,503,590	3,746,837	38,778	Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan	1,091,211	635,494	9,005	Dera Ismail Khan
Faisalabad	9,885,685	6,667,425	17,917	Faisalabad
F.A.T.A.	3,176,331	2,198,547	27,220	Islamabad
Gujranwala	11,431,058	7,522,352	17,206	Gujranwala
Hazara	3,505,581	2,701,257	17,194	Abbottabad
Hyderabad	6,829,537	4,678,290	48,670	Hyderabad
Islamabad	805,235	204,364	906	Islamabad
Kalat	1,457,722	1,044,174	140,612	Khuzdar
Karachi	9,856,318	5,437,984	3,528	Karachi
Kohat	1,307,969	758,772	7,012	Kohat
Lahore	14,248,641	8,670,358	16,104	Lahore
Larkana	4,233,076	2,746,201	15,543	Larkana
Makran	832,753	652,602	52,067	Turbat
Malakand	4,262,700	2,466,767	29,872	Saidu
Mardan	2,486,904	1,506,500	3,046	Mardan
Mirpur Khas	3,936,349	2,419,745	38,421	Mirpur Khas
Multan	11,577,431	7,533,710	21,137	Multan
Nasirabad	1,076,708	699,669	16,946	Nasirabad
Northern Areas	910,000	562,000	72,520	Gilgit
Peshawar	3,923,588	2,281,752	4,001	Peshawar
Quetta	1,699,957	880,618	64,310	Quetta
Rawalpindi	6,659,528	4,552,495	22,255	Rawalpindi
Sargodha	5,679,766	3,930,628	26,360	Sargodha
Sibi	494,894	305,768	27,055	Sibi
Sukkur	5,584,613	3,746,446	34,752	Sukkur
Zhob	1,003,851	749,545	46,200	Loralai