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| Ziarat Residency after Rebuilding |
Ziarat is very famous district and city of Province Balochistan which is located 1about 26 Kilometers away from capital city Quetta and we can cover this distance about in 2.5 hours via road. While we travel from Quetta to Ziarat, we reach at Kuchlak with the most famous hotels in which Rosh as a special dish can be eaten and enjoyed. On the same Quetta Ziarat road, a forest institute has also built at Kala Chena.
In past, the Ziarat was the part of district Sibi but in 1986 during Britain rule, this region was promoted to District. If we talk about the population of this district; that is 1 Lac & Seventy Thousand People as per 2017 census while Ziarat’s land area is 3,301 square kilometers. Ziarat district is further divided into 2 Tehsils; Ziarat Tehsil and Sanjawi Tehsil. 99% population of Ziarat district is Muslim while the most spoken languages in Ziarat are Pashto, Balochi and Urdu.
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| Khilafat Peak in Mountain Range Sulaiman |
The 2nd highest peak of Koh-E-Sulaimani range also called as KHILAFAT peak is located in this district, Ziarat. Ziarat is famous for its Sweet apples, amazing Cherry (including Kala Cherry, Lubnani Cherry, Irani Cherry, Badaghour Cherry, Espain or Sufaid Cherry and Baba Yai Cherry, pure and sweet Honey, Mutton Karahi and Chicken Sajji.
Ziarat residency is the most famous historical and worth visiting spot located in district Ziarat. Unfortunately, Ziarat residency was destroyed by the terrorists on 15th of June, 2013 that was again built by a famous builder Nayyar Ali Daada in 2014 by giving Green outlook to this building (can be seen in 1st picture of this article).
The 29th of October, 2008 was the most terrifying and historical moment of this district with a dangerous earthquake of highest magnitude and plenty of homes in Ziarat were fallen because of such a high magnitude.
The Juniper forest in the Ziarat Balochistan is the second largest forest in the world and these forests have 2 types of Juniper trees including the Persian Juniper trees and the Pasthun Juniper trees. If we talk about weather of Ziarat district then the most suitable weather of this district can be enjoyed between the month of May to the month of September while in winter season, the Ziarat district gets snowfall as well with the very low temperature and weather turns very cold.
There are many tourist spots in Ziarat other than the beautiful Ziarat Residency (The living place of our National Hero, Quaid E Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who spent last days of his life here at Ziarat). The top places to visit in Ziarat are Zero Point or Prospect Point, Sandeman Tangi, Zezri or Zizrii Park and Valley, Juniper Park, Chakor Tangi Ziarat, Domera and Ziarat Bazaar.
Some of the most famous Guest Houses and restaurants located in Ziyarat District are PTDC Motel of Ziarat city, the Karachi Guest House, the New Pakiza Guest House Ziarat, Al Nisar Guest House, the Ziarat Evergreen guest house, the Mountain View guest house, the Residency Lodges, Al Hikmat Rest House, the Kakar Hotel & Rest House and Classic Guest House.
If we talk about education of this district then Al Hijra Residential and College Jinnah Campus and some Government/private degree colleges are serving here to promote the education in Ziarat district of Province Balochistan.
The district headquarter hospital is the major health center for the people of Ziarat district.
For more information and history of Ziarat district, please follow below link to watch complete documentary of Ziyarat on our Urdu island Youtube channel.
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