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Kulachi ( کلا چی) is a town named after the Kulachi Baloch tribe and is the headquarters of Kulachi Tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at at an altitude of 209 metres (688 feet).〔(Location of Kulachi - Falling Rain Genomics )〕 It is situated 45 km from Dera Ismail Khan in the Damaan valley of the Sulaiman Range, and lies on the banks of the Gomal River (Saraiki language name "Luni" and Pashto name "Khuarha"), a tributary of the Indus. The city is surrounded by a wall, and has a planned design that includes four bazaars in the shape of a cross. The centre of the bazaars is known as Chowgalla (centre of four streets making a cross). The city's population is about 35,000 and is composed mainly of Seraiki people and Pashtun Gandapur tribe and hence two languages Seraiki and Pashto are spoken. ==History== The city was developed by Hussain Khan Kulachi Baloch, who had fallen out with his tribe living in the area now included in the District Dera Ghazi Khan. He with some of his supporters came here and the area was given to them by the Nawab Of Dera Later on this area Pashtun Gandapur tribe came and start living with the Kulachi Balochs . Gandapurs after their feuds in Ghazni, settled in Damaan in the beginning of 17th century. They were persuaded to settle at Rori by Khan Zaman Chief of Dalutkhel tribe, who wanted their assistance against Marwats . They soon afterwards established themselves at Luni and gradually by ousting the Dreskhels . they got possession of their present country from Takwara to the Miankhel Border .〔Gazetteer of D.I.Khan District 1883-84, Government of Punjab Publication, reprinted in 2002 by Snge Meel Publications, Lahore, Government of Punjab publication.Page-70〕〔Herbert Edwards, A Year on the Punjab Frontier 1848-49, volume -I, Page 356.〕 ''The Imperial Gazetteer India'', 1931, Volume 16, Page 13, describes Kulachi as follows: Kulachi Town. — Headquarters of the tahsil of the same name in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, situated in 31’ 56” N. and 70’ 28” E., on the north bank of the Luni torrent; 27 miles west of Dera Ismail Khan town. Population (1901), 9,12,5. It is rather an aggregation of sixteen separate hamlets, standing near the union of their lands, than a regular town. A municipality was created in. 1867, and its income and expenditure during the ten years, ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 6,900. In .1903-4 the income was Rs. 7,200, chiefly derived from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 7,100. The place formerly carried on a brisk trade with the Wazirs of the hills, which declined before annexation, but has since somewhat revived, Kulachi contains a Government dispensary; and its principal educational institution is an Anglo-vernacular middle school maintained by the District board. Herbert Edwards while ending his chapter on Kulachi writes, "Let me remind my readers that they need not go to Kulachi, unless they are in search of two things; very brave soldiers and very sweet melons". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kulachi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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