Sheet 20010072 Photo 8

Image of sheet 20010072 photo 8: Mehr Abad, Pakistan Quetta Baluchistan 2001

Hazara Frauen mit krankem Kleinkind im Spital der Shuada Organisation von Dr. Sima Samar
Hazara women mother with her child boy in the hospital of Shuada Organisation of Dr. Sima Samar.

Hazāra (Persian: هزاره‎) are a Persian-speaking people who mainly live in central Afghanistan. They are overwhelmingly Twelver Shia Muslims and comprise the third largest ethnic group of Afghanistan, forming about 9% (according to other sources up to 19%) of the total population. More than 650,000 Hazara live in neighbouring Pakistan (mostly settled in Quetta) and an estimated one million in Iran.

Balochistan (Balochi: بلوچستان) or Baluchistan[1] (lit. Land of the Baloch) is an arid, desert and mountainous region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Indian Ocean near the Persian Gulf. It mainly includes southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a smaller section of southwestern Afghanistan.

Belutschistan (persisch ‏بلوچستان‎) ist eine Region im Iranischen Hochland, die sich über den Osten Irans, den Süden Afghanistans und den Südwesten Pakistans erstreckt. Die Fläche beträgt etwa 300.000 km². √

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© 2001, by OLIVIA HEUSSLER / www.clic.li
Color: Black & White
Type: Positive, Negative, Digital
Formats: 18x24
Chemistry: RC
Country: Pakistan
Region: Quetta
Place: Belutschistan
Date: May 14, 2001
Keywords: Menschlicher Körper, Gesundheitswesen