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Balochistan , Baluchistan, or Baluchestan is a region that covers the southeastern region of the Persian Plateau, at the intersection of modern-day Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan.

Balochistan may also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:

• Balochistan, Pakistan, a province of Pakistan
  • Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province), a province of British India and a former province of Pakistan
  • Baluchistan Agency, for colonial indirect rule in the former tribal region of British India
  • Baluchistan States Union, a short-lived federation of princely states that formed a part of Pakistan
• Sistan and Baluchestan province, a province of Iran
• Balochistan, Afghanistan, a region in Afghanistan

See also

• Al Balushi, Arabian diaspora
• Baluchestan-e Shutavar, a village in Iran

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