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Climate of Karachi. 24°51′N67°02′E24.850°N 67.033°E Karachi has a tropical semi arid climate (Köppen: BSh; Trewartha: BShb), albeit a moderate version of this climate, influenced by monsoons. Karachi has a tropical climate, despite being located slightly above the Tropic of Cancer. It is situated in the monsoon region of Pakistan.
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 port ...
Karachi is one of the world's fastest-growing cities, [33] and has significant communities representing almost every ethnic group in Pakistan. Karachi holds more than two million Bengali immigrants, a million Afghan refugees, and up to 400,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar. [34] [35] [36] Karachi is now Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre.
Larkana has been Pakistan's hottest city since 2010. 50 °C (122 °F) or above was recorded on four consecutive days from 24 to 27 May, 2010. [2] 26 May 2010: 53 °C (127 °F) Jacobabad: Sindh: 50 °C (122 °F) or above was recorded for four consecutive days: 24 to 27 May, 2010. This temperature was also recorded on 12 June 1919. [2] 26 May 2010
In line with its status as a major port and the country's largest metropolis, it accounts for most of Pakistan's revenue generation. According to the Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue's 2006-2007 year-book, tax and customs units in Karachi were responsible for 70.75% of direct taxes, 33.65% of federal excise tax, and 23.38% of domestic sales tax. [3]
A severe heat wave with temperatures as high as 49 °C (120 °F) struck southern Pakistan in June 2015. It caused the deaths of about 2,000 people from dehydration and heat stroke, mostly in Sindh province and its capital city, Karachi. [1][2][3] The heat wave also claimed the lives of zoo animals [4] and countless agricultural livestock. [5]
On 26 April 2022, a suicide bombing hit a van near the University of Karachi 's Confucius Institute, killing three Chinese academics and their Pakistani driver. The Balochistan Liberation Army, [3] claimed responsibility, saying that the perpetrator was the organization's first female suicide bomber. [4][5] Of the three Chinese killed, one was ...
Culture of Karachi. The cultural history of Karachi dates back at least five thousand years to the rise of the Indus Valley Civilization in the third millennium BC. [citation needed] The early culture was mostly predominantly Neolithic, characterised by the widespread use of small tools and semi-precious stones.