JHALAWAN, a province of Beloochistan, lying between N. Lat. 26. and 29., and E. Long. 65. and 67. 30. It is bounded on the N. by the provinces of Sarawan and Kelat, E. by Cutch-Gundava and Sinde, S. by Lus and Mekran, and W. by Mekran and Sarawan. It is 200 miles in length from N. to S., by 150 in breadth, and has an area of about 20,000 square miles. It is mountainous, barren, and very thinly peopled, the entire population being estimated at not more than 30,000.
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