Keamari
—  Town  —
Karachi boating harbour in Kemari
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	14th August 2001
Union Councils	8 Baba Bhit Bhutta Village Gabo Pat Kakapir Keamari Machar Colony Maripur Salehabad Shams Pir Shershah Sultanabad
Government
- Type	Town Council
- Town Nazim	Humayun Khan
- Naib Nazim	Ameer Hamza
- Municipal Officer	Muhammad Latif Lodhi
Population (1998)
- Total	383,778
Office Location	Old Dispensary, Maripur Hawksbay Road, near Pakistan Marin Academy Karachi.
E-mail	kemari@karachicity.gov.pk
Contact	(021) 32352711
Website	Keamari Town Page

Kiamari Town (also spelt Keamari and Kemari) is the main coastal town of Karachi, located in the central and western parts of the city, including the Port of Karachi and an extensive coastline with sandy beaches, small islands and mangrove forests. It does not include the southern island of Manora which is under cantonment administration because of the naval base located there. The town forms a large triangle with highly defined boundaries - the RCD Highway and the Lyari River forming the northeastern border, the Hub River forming the northwestern border and the Arabian Sea forming the southern border. The population of Kiamari Town was estimated to be about 380,000 at the 1998 census, of which 99% are Muslim. There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.

Contents 1 History 2 Neighbourhoods of Kiamari Town 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous third tier of government (administrative divisions) and raised the fourth tier (districts) to become the new third tier. The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division and the merger of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Kiamari Town.

[edit] Neighbourhoods of Kiamari Town

Most of the Kiamari neighbourhoods are densely populated with two exceptions. Baba Bhit is composed of three small islands in Karachi harbour with about 5% of the town population. Further west, Gabo Pat is mostly rural with about 10% of the town population but half of the total town area.

Baba Bhit Bhutta Village Gabo Pat Kakapir Kiamari

Machar Colony Maripur Salehabad Shams Pir SherShah Sultanabad

[edit] See also

• City District Government
• Karachi
• Lahore

[edit] External links

• Karachi Website
• Kiamari Town

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