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Lyari Town
Lyari Town
لیاری ٹاؤن | |
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 Lyari Town Map | |
| Town Chairman | Nasir Karim Baloch |
| District | District Karachi South |
| Division | Karachi Division |
| Province |  Sindh |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Established | 1972 |
| Town status | 14 August 2001 |
| Disbanded | 11 July 2011 |
| Part of District Karachi West | (1972-2015) |
| Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation | 13
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| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Karachi |
| • Constituency | NA-239 Karachi South-I |
| • National Assembly Member | Nabil Gabol |
| Area | |
• Total | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −2 m (−7 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 949,878 |
| • Density | 158,313/km2 (410,030/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | 75660 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
Lyari Town (Sindhi: لیاري ٽائون, Urdu: لیاری ٹاؤن ) is named after the historic locality of Lyari.[1][2][3] Lyari Town was the smallest borough (called "town" in Karachi) by area, but also the most densely populated.[4] Lyari Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Lyari Town was re-organized and merged into Karachi South in 2015 before it was part of District Karachi West. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of Lyari Subdivision is 949,878.
- ^ "Lyari Town". City Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Latif Baloch (2 August 2005). "KARACHI: Lyari: Karachi's oldest settlement". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Sarwat Viqar (2014). "Constructing Lyari: place, governance and identity in a Karachi neighbourhood". South Asian History and Culture. 5 (3): 365–383. doi:10.1080/19472498.2014.905335.
- ^ Yamini Narayanan (19 November 2015), Religion and Urbanism: Reconceptualising Sustainable Cities for South Asia, Routledge, p. 165, ISBN 978-1-317-75542-5
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