Karezat is a large tehsil of Karezat District. Karezat is in the north east of Pishin, Pakistan. In Karezat, the largest city is Khanozai Bazar.
Karezat is a tehsil and sub-division of the Karezat District of Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
The name Karezat refers to the karezes, underground channels with vertical access shafts, used to transport water from an aquifer under a hill, in the villages of the tehsil. Only Two karezes remains in the village Khushab, and the other is in Village Newkarez Murgha, all are no longer usable, due to drought.
It comprises many large villages which have large populations of the Kakar tribe; residents' livelihoods are based on agriculture. In early times, farms were irrigated by the karezes, which were the major source of water in the area.
See also
Tehsils in Pakistan Tehsils of Balochistan Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan Tehsils of Azad Kashmir Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan
Districts of Pakistan Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Districts of Punjab, Pakistan Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan Districts of Sindh, Pakistan Districts of Azad Kashmir Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan Divisions of Pakistan Divisions of Balochistan Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan Divisions of Sindh Divisions of Azad Kashmir Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
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