Sibi

SIBI

Sibi is a city located in Sibi Tehsil, Balochistan, Pakistan and head-quarters of the Sibi District. The history of the town goes back to 13th century. It is now an important junction on the Sind-Peshin railway where the Harnai line and the Quetta loop line meet, near the entrance of the Bolan Pass, 88 m southeast of Quetta.Sibi's population in 1901 was 4551. The district, which was formed in 1903, has an area of 4152 square metres. It had a population in 1901 of 74,555. The largest part became a British territory by the treaty of Gandamak in 1879; the rest is administered under a perpetual lease from the Khan of Kalat. Political control is also exercised over the Marri-Bugti country, with an additional area of 7129 square metres and a population in 1901 of 38,919. In addition to the town of Sibi, the district contains the sanatorium of Ziarat, the summer residence of the government and the Victoria Memorial Hall which was build in 1903.Mehrgarh, one of the most important Neolithic (7000 BC to 3200 BC) sites in archaeology, lies on the "Kachi plain of Baluchistan, Pakistan, and is one of the earliest sites with evidence of farming (wheat and barley) and herding (cattle, sheep and goats) in South Asia."

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