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Loralai
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town and district of India, in Baluchistan. The town, which is situated 4700 ft. above the sea, 35 m. by road from the railway station of Harnai, was occupied as a military station in 1886, and has quarters for a native cavalry and a native infantry regiment. Pop. (1901) 3561. The District Of Loralai was formed in 1903. It consists of a series of long, narrow valleys, hemmed in by rugged mountains, and bordered E. by Dera Ghazi Khan district of the Punjab. Area 7999 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 67,864, of whom the majority are Afghans. The principal crops are wheat and millet; but the chief wealth of the inhabitants is derived from their herds of cattle, sheep and goats.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Loralai'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/loralai.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Loralai'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/loralai.html. 1910.
