Balochistan
بلوچستانThe Baloch homeland east of Iran, a vast land of mountains and desert reaching to the Arabian Sea.
Balochi is a western Iranian language, and the Baloch live on both sides of the Iran–Pakistan border and in southern Afghanistan. Pakistan's Balochistan, its largest province, takes their name.
Quetta is its capital. At Mehrgarh, near the Bolan Pass, archaeologists have found one of the earliest farming villages in South Asia, settled around 7000 BCE.
Cities and towns
Quettaکویته
The provincial capital
Gwadarگوادر
A port on the Arabian Sea
Landmarksبناها و نشانهها
Bolan Pass
گذرگاه بولانThe pass from the Indus plain up to Quetta
Balochistan through time
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- Farming village established at Mehrgarh