Karachi Division
Karachi Division (Urdu: کراچی ڈویژن ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan.
Karachi Division کراچی ڈویژن | |
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| Coordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Established | 2011 |
| Districts | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan City |
| • City Administrator | Rauf Akhtar Farooqui |
| • Metropolitan Commissioner | Sajjad Hussain Abbasi |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 16,051,521 |
| combined population of all districts | |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code | 74XXX - 75XXX |
| Dialling code | 021 |
The Karachi Division was abolished in 2000 and five districts of Karachi were merged in City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided in 18 Towns and 178 union councils.[2]
On 11 July 2011, Sindh Government restored again 5 districts of Karachi division.[3]
In November 2013, a new district (6th), Korangi was formed by splitting District Karachi East.[4][5]
References
- "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- City District Government Karachi Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Official Website
- Five districts of Karachi restored, Published in The News International on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 5 August 2012
- dawn.com, Korangi notified as sixth district of Karachi
- The News, Korangi made sixth district of Karachi
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