Quetta

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)

• 
  Wesleyan Church, Quetta
• 
  Roman Catholic Church, Quetta
• 
  St Lukes Church, Quetta

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.

External Link

• Quetta Wikipedia
• History of Quetta Wikipedia
• Bruce Street (now Jinnah Road) before 1935 earthquake.(youtube video)
• Post office before and after earthquake (1935) (youtube video)