Official Name: | Qalat |
Native Name: | قلات |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Zabul |
Subdivision Type2: | Center |
Subdivision Name2: | Qalat |
Qalat District is a district of Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan. Its district seat is Qalat, the capital of the province.[1]
It has a population of about 34,300 as of 2013. The district is mostly populated by the Hotak tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[2]