Dera Bugti district of Balochistan shares its borders with districts Rajanpur of Punjab, Jacobabad of Sindh, Jaffarabad, Naseerabad, Bolan, and Kohlu districts of Balochistan. But it is not just geo-strategic location that adds to the significance of this isolated district of 10,159 square kilometers with a population of just over 300,000. This region, given the status of a district in 1983, has immense geological, archeological, political and cultural wealth, most of which still awaits discovery. Situated in the westward continuation of Sulaiman Range, pointing towards Quetta node, Dera Bugti region came to unprecedented prominence after discovery of large reserves of natural gas. Pakistan has four major gas fields out of which three are in Dera Bugti including Sui, Pir Koh and Loti Gas fields. Dera Bugti summers are long and sweltering, winters are short and cool, while it is dry, the year round.
Dera Bugti district is situated in the Middle Indus Basin’s Nari Gorge. Topography of the area is rugged to semi rugged and largely barren. A British archeologist and writer, Sylvia Matherson, wife of an engineer posted at the Sui gas field in the ‘60s, spent five years in the area and wrote a fascinating book about the land. Bugtis speak an eastern dialect of Balochi, based on Persian .Dera Bugti region came to unprecedented prominence after discovery of large reserves of natural gas. Pakistan has four major gas fields out of which three are in Dera Bugti including Sui, Pir Koh and Loti Gas fields.
