Korangi Town
Korangi Town
کورنگی ٹاؤن | |
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| Aerial view of (Ibrahim Hyderi) Aerial view of (Ibrahim Hyderi) | |
| Korangi Town Map Korangi Town Map | |
| Country | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
| Province | File:Flag of Sindh.svg Sindh |
| District | Korangi District |
| Division | Karachi Division |
| Town Chairman | Muhammad Nadeem Sheikh |
| Established | 1972 |
| Town status | 14 August 2001 |
| Disbanded | 11 July 2011 |
| Part of District Karachi East | (1972-2013) |
| Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation | 11
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| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Karachi |
| • Constituency | NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III |
| Area | |
• Total | 59 km2 (23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −3 m (−9.8 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,362,998 |
| • Density | 23,118.51/km2 (59,876.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | 74900 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
Korangi Town (Urdu: کورنگی ٹاؤن) is an administrative subdivision or town within Karachi, Pakistan.
Town Municipal Committee
[edit | edit source]As per the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021, Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Korangi District has four towns.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Shah Faisal Town
- Landhi Town
- Korangi Town
- Model Colony Town, Karachi
History
[edit | edit source]It lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before Korangi District was formed.[7] According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of Korangi Subdivision is 1,362,998 (1.3 million).
The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Korangi Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East, before it was made part of Korangi District.[7]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]There are 821,192 Urdu, 153,738 Punjabi, 105,186 Sindhi, 85,954 Pashto, 58,218 Saraiki, 40,882 Hindko, 9,418 Balochi, 5,422 Mewati, 4,218 Balti, 3,677 Shina, 3,446 Kashmiri, 975 Brahvi, 657 Koshistani, 34 Kalasha and 69,981 others.
Hospital and healthcare
[edit | edit source]- Indus Hospital[8]
- LRBT Free Tertiary Eye Hospital Korangi[9]
- Sultan General Hospital Korangi[10]
- Chiniot General Hospital Korangi[11]
Universities
[edit | edit source]- United Medical & Dental College
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law
Neighbourhoods of Korangi Town
[edit | edit source]Note: Korangi Town should not be confused with Korangi neighbourhood in neighbouring Landhi Town.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Korangi
- Korangi District
- Korangi J Area
- Korangi Industrial Area
- Korangi Creek Cantonment
- Korangi (disambiguation)
- Korangi railway station
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External links
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