Korangi Town

Korangi Town کورنگی ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Aerial view of (Ibrahim Hyderi)
Korangi Town Map
Town Chairman	Muhammad Naeem Sheikh
District	Korangi District
Division	Karachi Division
Province	Sindh
Country	Pakistan
Established	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Town status	14 August 2001; 23 years ago (14 August 2001)
Disbanded	11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011)
Part of District Karachi East	(1972-2013)
Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation	11 Qayyumabad Makhdoom Bilawal Nasir Colony Zia Colony Sector-33 Korangi Raheemabad Madina Colony Ithad Colony Ghousia Colony Chakra Goth
Government
• Type	Government of Karachi
• Constituency	NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III
Area
• Total	59 km^2 (23 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Highest elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Lowest elevation	−3 m (−10 ft)
Population  (2023 Pakistani census)
• Total	1,362,998
• Density	23,118.51/km^2 (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. 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.^[1] According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of Korangi Subdivision is 1,362,998 (1.3 million).

History

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.^[1]

Demographics

Languages of Korangi sub-division (2023 Pakistani census)

  Urdu (60.24%)

  Punjabi (11.27%)

  Sindhi (7.7%)

  Pashto (6.30%)

  Saraiki (4.27%)

  Hindko (2.99%)

  Balochi (0.69%)

  Others (6.48%)

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 & 69,981 others.

Hospital and healthcare

• Indus Hospital^[2]
• LRBT Free Tertiary Eye Hospital Korangi^[3]
• Sultan General Hospital Korangi^[4]
• Chiniot General Hospital Korangi^[5]

Universities

• United Medical & Dental College
• Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law

Neighbourhoods of Korangi Town

Note: Korangi Town should not be confused with Korangi neighbourhood in neighbouring Landhi Town.

• Bilal Colony^[6]
• Chakra Goth
• Gulzar Colony
• Hasrat Mohani Colony^[6]
• Hundred Quarters^[6]
• Allahwala Town
• Gulshan-e-Mehran
• Korangi Sector 33
• Mustafa Taj Colony^[6]
• Nasir Colony
• Zaman Town
• Bhittai Colony
• Qayyumabad

See also

• Korangi
• Korangi District
• Korangi J Area
• Korangi Industrial Area
• Korangi Creek Cantonment
• Korangi (disambiguation)
• Korangi railway station

References

1. Mansoor, Hasan (6 November 2013). "Korangi notified as sixth district of Karachi". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
2. "Indus Hospital & Health Network".
3. "LRBT Free Tertiary Eye Hospital – Korangi (Karachi) | LRBT (Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust)".
4. "Sultan General Hospital - Korangi Town".
5. "CGH | Chiniot General Hospital".
6. "Korangi Town - Union Councils". City District Government of Karachi (CDGK) website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

External links

Media related to Korangi Town at Wikimedia Commons

• Karachi City website - Archived