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In 2020, Kemari District was carved out from Karachi West District. This resulted in Kemari Town, SITE Town and Baldia Town becoming being part of Kemari District. Lyari became part of Karachi South district in 2015. As of 2023, Sindh Government renamed Karachi West District to its famous town name Orangi District. Demographics
West of Karachi city is the Cape Monze, locally known as Ras Muari, which is an area characterised by sea cliffs, rocky sandstone promontories and beaches. Karachi lies very close to a major fault line, where the Indian tectonic plate meets the Arabian tectonic plate . [121]
Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District) (Urdu: ضلع اورنگی) is an administrative, one of 7th district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. History [ edit ] The District was abolished in 2000 and divided into five towns namely:
Union Councils of Karachi. Baldia Town. Bin Qasim Town. Gadap Town. Gulberg Town. Gulshan-e-Iqbal. Jamshed Town. Kemari Town. Korangi Town.
In 1972, Lasbela district transferred back to Kalat division and Karachi district divided into three (03) districts; East, West and South. In 1996, Two (02) more districts Central and Malir was created in Karachi division. The Karachi Division was abolished in 2001 and five districts of Karachi were merged in City District Karachi.
History of Karachi. The area of Karachi ( Urdu: کراچی, Sindhi: ڪراچي) in Sindh, Pakistan has a natural harbor and has been used as fishing port by local fisherman belonging to Sindhi tribes since prehistory. Archaeological excavations have uncovered a period going back to Indus valley civilisation which shows the importance of the ...
The Port of Karachi also faces competition from a new private terminal located 5 kilometres to the west. In recent years the federal government has attempted to alleviate the increased congestion by constructing a second port in Karachi thirty kilometres to the east at Port Qasim and a third major port at Gwadar, about 650 kilometres west of ...
Orangi Town ( Sindhi: اورنگي ٽائون ), ( Urdu: اُورنگی ٹاؤن) is a residential town in the northwestern part of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Named after the sprawling municipality of Orangi, Orangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13 union councils. The town system ...