Qambar Shahdadkot District

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Shahdadkot District ضلع قمبر-شہدادکوٹ قمبر شهدادڪوٽ ضلعو‎
District of Sindh
Fields of Cabbage in Umeed Ali Junejo village
Map of Sindh with Qambar District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Larkana
District created	2004
Headquarters	Qambar
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Sajjad Haider Qadri PAS
• SSP	Bashir Ahmed Brohi PSP
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District of Sindh	5,475 km2 (2,114 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• District of Sindh	1,514,869
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
• Urban	421,865
• Rural	1,093,004
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: 40.02% Male: 48.94% Female: 30.35%
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Website	www.sindh.gov.pk

Qambar Shahdadkot District (Sindhi: ضلعو قمبر شهداد ڪوٽ, Urdu: ضلع قمبر-شہدادکوٹ) is a district of Sindh, Pakistan, originally named after Shahdad Khan Khuhawar the official founder. District Qambar Shahdadkot, with headquarters at Qambar, was established on 13 December 2004.

Taluka Qambar and Shahdadkot Tehsil were part of Larkana district since long before they were combined and made one district for administrative purposes. At first it was named only Qambar but because of dissent from the people of Shahdadkot city, the name Shahdadkot was added. Today, however, the locals of Shahdadkot demand a separate district comprising Shahdadkot, Qubo Saeed Khan and Sijawal Junejo as they face difficulties in governmental work because they must go a long distance to Qambar to get the work done because most government offices are there. The district was created in the tenure of Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who is accused of creating this district for political gains and to weaken the stronghold of Pakistan People's Party in the area because Shahdadkot has been the electoral constituency for Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. The creation of the district benefited family, who are the landlords of Qambar Shahdadkot. In 2005, Nawab Shabbir Khan Chandio became the first elected nazim of the newly created district.