Machh

Machh
مچھ
Machh; مچھ
Municipal Committee and Union Council
	Mach railway station
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
District	Kachhi District
Government
• Type	Local Government
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Machh, or Mach (Balochi, Brahui, Urdu: مچھ, Sindhi: مڄ), is a town and union council of Kachhi 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

Machh is located in between the stony hills. It is divided into 3 parts; area for jail, railway and town. There is only one bazaar.

Languages

Main languages are Balochi, Brahui and Sindhi.

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.

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

Saulat Mirza Hanged in Macch Jail Baluchistan

Coordinates: 29°52′0″N 67°20′0″E / 29.86667°N 67.33333°E / 29.86667; 67.33333

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[1] Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan

[2] Location of Mach - Falling Rain Genomics

[3] Balochistan govt declares emergency as heavy snowfall halts life

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