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Kohlu, agency, a special tribal area attached to Balochistān province, Pakistan. The agency is located in a semi-arid mountainous region; the ranges rise in a series of terraces west of the Sulaimān Range. The vegetation is mostly thorny scrub, including acacia trees. The bulk of the population consists of nomads of the Baloch tribe who raise sheep and goats for their livelihood. The agency is accessible by four-wheel-drive vehicles from Dera Bugti. Pop. (1998) 9,369.

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