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Bela (Pakistan)
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Bela is an important town of Lasbela
district in Balochistan
province of Pakistan
, and is the chief town of the Bela Tehsil
. Bela is an ancient town in a historic tract surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea
nearly 200 km west of Karachi
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Lasbela District
Lasbela is a coastal district of Balochistan province of Pakistan. It became a separate district in Kalat Division on 30 June 1954. The name is derived from the words Las which in Sanskrit signifies a settlement or lived in or lively and Bela which means "A Sea's Shore" in Sanskrit and is also the...
district in Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, and is the chief town of the Bela Tehsil
Bela Tehsil
Bela is an administrative subdivision of Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into five Union Councils and is heaquartered at the town of Bela.-References:...
. Bela is an ancient town in a historic tract surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
nearly 200 km west of Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
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