Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This page was last edited on 1 November 2024, at 23:28 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
The approximate area of the islands is 4 km² and the population is about 25,000. [citation needed] The islands are connected to Karachi via a ferry service to Keamari. [24] Kakapir. Kakapir is a fishing village in Karachi Harbour, 15 kilometers west of Karachi. [25] It is located at the western end of Sandspit Beach, near Hawke's Bay Beach.
Karachi (/ k ə ˈ r ɑː tʃ i /; Urdu: کراچی [kə.ɾɑː.t͡ʃiː]; Sindhi: ڪراچي ; IPA: [kəˈraːtʃi] ⓘ) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million.
The islands are connected to Karachi via a ferry service to Keamari. [3] The islands, along with Shams Pir, are old fishing villages in the harbor which predate the formal establishment of Karachi. [4] The two islands are said to be over 400 years old. [5] The ethnic groups in Baba & Bhit Islands include 90% Kutchi and 10% Sindhi.
Shamspir (Urdu: شمس پیر) is an island and village near Karachi, Pakistan, along the western end of Karachi Harbour, close to Sandspit Beach and Kakapir. It is administered as part of the Keamari District. Approximately 5,000 people now live on the island. [1] The village is bordered by thick Mangrove forests which grow in the harbour. [2]
Karachi was known as Khurachee Scinde (i.e. Karachi, Sindh) during the early British colonial rule. An old image of Karachi from 1889 Karachi map, 1911 St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi An image from 1930 of Elphinstone Street, Karachi Karachi Municipal Corporation Building, inaugurated in 1932
Manora (Sindhi: منهوڙو, Urdu: منوڑہ) is a peninsula that forms a protective barrier between Karachi Harbour to the north and the Arabian Sea to the south. Manora, having a total population of 4,273 local residents (as per 2017 census), [1] was formerly an island, but due to silting is now connected to the mainland by a 12 kilometre long natural sand bridge known as Sandspit.
To ensure the federal government's autonomy, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was carved out of Karachi District in 1948. [6] The FCT remained the capital of Pakistan until 1960 when the capital was shifted to Rawalpindi. While Karachi's status as the federal capital ended, it continued to be a major economic and financial hub of Pakistan. [7]