Nasirabad District 3.14

Nasirabad is a district in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan. Nasirabad's headquarters are at Dera Murad Jamali.The original name of the district was Temple Dera, named after Captain H. M. Temple, a career British civil servant, who served as the Political Agent for Sibi from 1891 to 1892. Among the local population it is still known as 'Tipul', a corruption of the word 'temple'.Formerly part of Kalat District, Nasirabad was granted the status of a separate district in 1974, while in 1987 the new district of Jaffarabad was cleaved out of it. For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tamboo district. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali.Administrative divisionsThe district is administratively subdivided into four tehsils, these are: Dera Murad Jamali (district headquarters) Chhatter Tamboo Baba Kot AzizabadUnion councilsThese tehsils are further divided into union councils. Currently, there are 31 union councils and one municipal committee in the district:Tehsil Dera Murad JamaliMunicipal Committee Dera Murad JamaliUnion Council Quba Sher Khan SharqiUnion Council Quba Sher Khan GharbiUnion Council Naseer Khan UmraniUnion Council Jhuder ShimaliUnion Council Bedar Androon SharqiUnion Council Bedar GharbiUnion Council Manjhoti SharqiUnion Council Sardar Shahzada Khan UmraniUnion Council SikandarabadUnion Council Manjhoti GharbiUnion Council Jhuder Janubi