Kech was notified a separate District on 1st July,1977,when Mekran was declared as division comprising of three District (Kech,Gwadar,Panjgoor) and Turbat city became divisional headquarter. In the year 1994/1995 the district name was changed from Turbat to Kech, however, the District Headquarters’ name remained intact as Turbat. The district is located in the south-west of Balochistan Province, sharing its boundaries in the east with District Awaran and Gwadar on the south. Iran is in north-west and Panjgoor in the north-east.Until 1977 Kech was a sub-division of Mekran

The district of Kech is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils each of which contains several villages The Local Government of District Kech compromise of a District Council, a Municipal Corporation, 2 Municipal Committee, 41 Union Council in three sub-divisions.