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Karachi

ڪراچي
کراچی‬
Metropolis
Clockwise frae tap: Karachi Skyline, KPT HQ, PRC Towers & PNSC, Karachi Mercat, Manora Lichthoose, Nagan Interchynge an MA Jinnah Tomb.
Eik-name(s): 
The Gateway tae Pakistan, The Ceety o Lichts, Mini Pakistan, Caipital o Sindh , The Ceety O Quaid
Karachi is located in Sindh
Karachi
Karachi
Location o Karachi in Sindh an in Pakistan
Coordinates: 24°51′36″N 67°0′36″E / 24.86000°N 67.01000°E / 24.86000; 67.01000Coordinates: 24°51′36″N 67°0′36″E / 24.86000°N 67.01000°E / 24.86000; 67.01000
Kintra Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
Metropolitan Corporation2011
Ceety CooncilCeety Complex, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Toun
Destricts [1]
Govrenment
 • TeepMetropolitan Ceety
 • Ceety AdmeenistratorM. Hussain Syed[2]
 • Municipal commeessionerMatanat Ali Khan[3]
Area
 • City3527 km2 (1,362 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 • City14,910,352
 • Rank
 • Density4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
16,051,521
Demonym(s)Karachiite
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PST)
Postal codes
74XXX – 75XXX
Diallin code+9221-XXXX XXXX
Websitewww.kmc.gos.pk

Karachi Aboot this soondKarācī (help·info) (Urdu: کراچی‬‎; Sindhi: ڪراچي‎) is the lairgest ceety, main seaport an the main financial centre o Pakistan, an the caipital o the province o Sindh. Wi an estimatit population atween 13 million an 15 million,[8] Karachi is ane o the warld's lairgest ceeties in terms o population,[8] the 13t lairgest urban agglomeration,[9] an the 4t lairgest metropolitan aurie in the warld.[10] It is Pakistan's premier centre o bankin, industry, an trade an is hame tae Pakistan's lairgest corporations, includin those involved in textiles, shippin, automotive industry, entertainment, the airts, fashion, advertisin, publishin, software development an medical research. The ceety is a major hub o heicher education in Sooth Asie an the wider Islamic warld.[11]

Karachi is ranked as a Beta warld ceety.[12][13] It wis the oreeginal caipital o Pakistan till the construction o Islamabad an is the location o the Port o Karachi an Port Bin Qasim, twa o the region's lairgest an busiest ports. Efter the unthirldom o Pakistan, the ceety population increased dramatically when hunders o thoosans o Urdu-speakin migrants or Muhajirs frae Indie, East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) an ither pairts o Sooth Asie came tae settle in Karachi.

The ceety is spread ower 3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi) in aurie, amaist fower times bigger than Hong Kong. It is locally kent as the "Ceety o Lichts" (روشنیوں کا شہر‬) an "The bride o the ceeties" (عروس البلاد‬) for its liveliness, an the "Ceety o the Quaid" (شہرِ قائد‬), haein been the birth an burial place o Quaid-e-Azam (Muhammad Ali Jinnah), the foonder o Pakistan, who made the ceety his hame efter Pakistan's unthirldom.

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References

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  1. ↑ "District in Karachi". Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Archived frae the original on 30 Mey 2014. Retrieved 6 Mey 2014.
  2. ↑ "Administrator Office". Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Archived frae the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 Februar 2012.
  3. ↑ "Administrator Office". Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Archived frae the original on 29 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 28 Februar 2012.
  4. ↑ "Government". Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Retrieved 6 Mey 2014.
  5. ↑ "Geography & Demography". City District Government of Karachi. Retrieved 22 August 2010.[deid airtin]
  6. ↑ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. "Population of Major Cities – Census 2017" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  8. ↑ a b "The largest cities in the world and their mayors". City Mayors. Retrieved 5 Februar 2010.
  9. ↑ "The world's largest cities and urban areas in 2006". City Mayors. Retrieved 5 Februar 2010.
  10. ↑ R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly" Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)
  11. ↑ "Pakistan City Karachi Online Information". Pakistancity.org. Archived frae the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 6 Mey 2010.
  12. ↑ "GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2008". Lboro.ac.uk. 3 Juin 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  13. ↑ "GAWC World Cities Ranking List". Diserio.com. Archived frae the original on 22 Februar 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  14. ↑ "Karachi". Shanghai Foreign Affairs. Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  15. ↑ "Sister-city accord with Port Louis". Dawn Media Group. 1 Mey 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  16. ↑ "Pakistan-Mauritius Bilateral Relations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan. Archived frae the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  17. ↑ "News Details". City-District Government of Karachi. 8 Mey 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2010.[deid airtin]
  18. ↑ "Houston-Karachi declared sister cities". Dawn Media Group. 9 Mairch 2009. Archived frae the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
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