LORALAI

loralai, 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.