Sanjawi

Town in Balochistan, Pakistan

City in Balochistan, Pakistan

Sanjawi

سنځاوۍ

City

Sanjawi

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Coordinates: 30°15′57″N 68°18′45″E﻿ / ﻿30.26583°N 68.31250°E﻿ / 30.26583; 68.31250
Country| Pakistan
Province| Balochistan
District| Ziarat
Tehsil| Sanjawi
Area

• Total

| ... km2 (0 sq mi)
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 124000. It serves as the capital of Sanjawi Tehsil – an administrative subdivision of Ziarat District.[1]

Pashto 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

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### Population

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1951| ...| —
1961| ...| —
1972| ...| —
1981| ...| —
1998| ...| —
2017| ...| —
2023| 45,539| —
Source: [3]

As of the 2023 census, Sanjawi has population of 45,539.[4]

## Notable people

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* Sardar Ehsanullah Dumar
* Arman Loni
* Wranga Loni

1. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Ziarat - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Hallberg, G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.
3. ^ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
4. ^ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).

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Ziarat District

Populated places|

* Baghaw
* Choutair
* Faran Tangi
* Kach
* Kawas
* Poi
* Regorah
* Saddar Samalan
* Sandman Tangi
* Sanjawi
* Wam
* Zandra
* Ziarat (district headquarters)

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