Hazara Town (Urdu: ہزارہ ٹاؤن, Hazaragi: هزاره ٹاون) is a lower- to middle-income area on the west of Quetta city with a population of up to 70,000, of which an approximately all are Hazara with minority Baloch and Pathan tribe on south of Hazara town. Hazara Town starts from Brewery Road near Bolan Medical Collage and continue to Kirani road. The area has an important geographical importance, which makes up the largest part of chiltan Town of Quetta City. Hazara Town has established its own Bazar and food supply source for the people which help them in their shopping facilities. Which are mainly named as Ali Abad, Masjid Road and Hussain Abad. New Markets are being built which will increase the popularity of Hazara town more than ever.
The area was established in 1908 by Haji Nasir Ali (an ethnic Hazara, Nasirabad, is named after him) who bought the land from a Kirani Moudodi Chishti Syed family and built housing there. Many ethnic Hazaras from Afghanistan who came earlier were living in different areas of Quetta moved to the settlement, attracted by cheaper land and the security of the scheme. Hazara Town is divided into nine blocks, and almost all the houses are made of concrete.
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