Machh مچھ | |
|---|---|
Municipal Committee and Union Council | |
) Mach railway station | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Balochistan |
| District | Kachhi District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Government |
| • Chairman | Muhammad Jan Kurd |
| • Assistant Commissioner | Junaid Iqbal Khan |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Machh, or Mach (Urdu: مچھ), is a small town and union council of Bolan District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.[1] The town has an altitude of 1006 metres (3303 feet) and is located at 29°52'0N 67°19'60E,[2] - some about 50 km (70 km by road) southeast of Quetta, the provincial capital.
Geography
Mach is located in between the stony hills. It is divided into 3 parts; area for jail, railway and town. There is only one bazaar. People belonging from different tribes like Balochi, Kashmiri, Hazare, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pathan and Hindus.
Languages
Like Quetta and Sibbi it is a multi ethnic city where several languages are spoken including Brahui, Pashto, Punjabi, Hindko & Saraiki. Persian (in Hazargi and Dehvari dialects), Baluchi, Sindhi (In Hindki and Frakhi dialects) and Urdu. No language has clear majority and Urdu serves as lingua franca for inter ethnic communications.
Economy
Most of the economic activity in Machh revolves around coal mines and the buying and selling of coal. The major source of employment is the public sector - Railway, Jail, Wapda, Sui Gas and Levies Force. Machh town has a market that caters to coal miners and residents. Mach has a jail, built in 1929.
Crime
On 3 January 2021, 11 miners were killed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Weather
The climate is dry. It rains 3 or 4 times in a year. Machh experiences extreme winter and summer temperatures. The winter of 2016 saw heavy snowfall along the Kolpur and Kohebash areas of Machh.[3]
Transportation
People use cars, bikes and cycles for transportation in town. Pakistan National Highway N-65 runs along Tehsil Machh and is the only major road in the area.
References
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan
- ^ Location of Mach - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Balochistan govt declares emergency as heavy snowfall halts life