Quetta

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Quetta
Presidency:
Coordinates: 30.200602°N 67.034018°E
Altitude: 1,900 m (6,230 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Quetta
State/Province: Baluchistan
Country: Pakistan
Transport links
North Western Railway

Quetta or Shal was the headquarters of the Quetta-Pishin District of Baluchistan.

History

England's March to Quetta 1842
Quetta earthquake 1935

Churches and Missions

Churches

  • Mission Church (1903)

Missions

  • Church Missionary Society
  • Church of England Zanana Missionary Society (zanana=women)

Further Reading

A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan by J M Morris (1932) No Preview Google Books. Experiences at a mission hospital in Quetta from 1921. Available at the British Library.


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