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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Karachi
|native_name = <span style="line-height:1.6">{{lang|sd|ڪراچي}}<br>{{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|کراچی}}}}</span>
|nickname = The Gateway tae Pakistan, The Ceety o Lichts, Mini Pakistan, Caipital o Sindh , The Ceety O Quaid  
|settlement_type = [[Metropolis]]
|image_skyline = Karachi Montage 02.PNG
|image_size = 
|image_caption = Clockwise frae tap:
[[:File:Karachi sky line.jpg|Karachi Skyline]], [[:File:KPT HQ.jpg|KPT HQ]], [[:File:PRC Towers and PNSC Building Karachi.jpg|PRC Towers & PNSC]], [[:File:Karachi - Pakistan-market.jpg|Karachi Mercat]], [[:File:Manora - Tallest Lighthouse of Pakistan P11008351.jpg|Manora Lichthoose]], [[:File:Nagan Ch Karachi.jpg|Nagan Interchynge]] an [[:File:Tomb Jinnah.jpg|MA Jinnah Tomb]].
|image_seal = Logo of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation.png
|image_map = 
|mapsize = 
|map_caption = Location o Karachi in Sindh an in Pakistan
|pushpin_map = Sindh
|pushpin_mapsize = 
|subdivision_type = Kintra
|subdivision_name = {{PAK}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Admeenistrative units o Pakistan|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Sindh]]
|seat_type = Ceety Cooncil
|seat = Ceety Complex, [[Gulshan Toun|Gulshan-e-Iqbal Toun]]
|parts_type = Destricts <ref name="govt">{{cite web |url=http://www.kmc.gos.pk/Contents.aspx?id=84 |title=District in Karachi |publisher=Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |accessdate=6 May 2014 |archive-date=2014-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530194440/http://kmc.gos.pk/Contents.aspx?id=84 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|parts_style = coll
|parts = 6
|p1 = [[Karachi East Destrict|Karachi East]]
|p2 = [[Karachi Wast Destrict|Karachi Wast]]
|p3 = [[Karachi Sooth Destrict|Karachi Sooth]]
|p4 = [[Karachi Central Destrict|Karachi Central]]
|p5 = [[Malir Destrict|Malir]]
|p6 = [[Korangi Destrict|Korangi]]
|government_footnotes =<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmc.gos.pk/ |title=Government |publisher=Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |accessdate=6 May 2014}}</ref>
|government_type = Metropolitan Ceety
|leader_title = [[Cooncil–manager govrenment|Ceety Admeenistrator]]
|leader_name = M. Hussain Syed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kmc.gov.pk.sv2.premiumwebserver.com/Contents.aspx?id=21 |title=Administrator Office |publisher=Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |accessdate=28 February 2012 |archive-date=2013-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235555/http://kmc.gov.pk.sv2.premiumwebserver.com/Contents.aspx?id=21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|leader_title1 = [[Municipal commeessioner]]
|leader_name1 = Matanat Ali Khan<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kmc.gov.pk.sv2.premiumwebserver.com/Contents.aspx?id=54 |title=Administrator Office |publisher=Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |accessdate=28 February 2012 |archive-date=2012-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429182057/http://kmc.gov.pk.sv2.premiumwebserver.com/Contents.aspx?id=54 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|established_title = Metropolitan Corporation
|established_date = 2011
|coordinates = {{coord|24|51|36|N|67|0|36|E|display=inline,title}}
|area_magnitude = 1 E+6
|area_footnotes =<ref name=geography>{{cite web |url=http://221.132.118.186/cdgk/Home/AboutKarachi/GeographyDemography/tabid/270/Default.aspx |title=Geography & Demography |publisher=City District Government of Karachi |accessdate=22 August 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 3527
|elevation_footnotes = 
|elevation_m = 8
| population_as_of=[[2017 Census o Pakistan|2017]]
| population_metro =16,051,521
|total_type=City
| population_total               = 14,910,352
| population_footnotes =<ref name="pbscensus1">{{cite news|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population_of_major_cities_census_2017%20_0.pdf|title=Population of Major Cities – Census 2017|last1=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829162305/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population_of_major_cities_census_2017%20_0.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf|title=DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017|publisher=pbscensus.gov.pk|access-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829164748/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank = *[[Leet o maist populous ceeties in Pakistan|1st, Pakistan]]
*[[Leet o ceeties proper bi population|7t, Warld]]
| population_demonym = Karachiite
|national_languages = [[Urdu leid|Urdu]]{{Smallsup|2}}[[Pashto leid|Pashto]]{{Smallsup|2}}[[Persie leid|Persie]]{{Smallsup|2}}Inglis{{Smallsup|2}}
|timezone = [[Pakistan Staundart Time|PST]]
|utc_offset = +05:00
|timezone_DST = 
|utc_offset_DST = 
|area_code = +9221-XXXX XXXX
|area_code_type = [[Leet o dialling codes in Pakistan|Diallin code]]
|postal_code = 74XXX&nbsp;– 75XXX
|postal_code_type = [[Leet o postal codes in Pakistan|Postal codes]]
|website = {{URL|www.kmc.gos.pk}}
}}
'''Karachi''' {{Audio|Karachi_pronunciation.ogg|Karācī}} ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|کراچی}}}}; {{lang-sd|ڪراچي}}) is the lairgest ceety, main [[seaport]] an the main [[financial centre]] o [[Pakistan]], an the caipital o the [[Admeenistrative units o Pakistan|province]] o [[Sindh]]. Wi an estimatit population atween 13 million an 15 million,<ref name="citymayors1"/> Karachi is ane o the warld's lairgest ceeties in terms o population,<ref name="citymayors1">{{cite web|url=http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-mayors-1.html|title=The largest cities in the world and their mayors|publisher=City Mayors|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> the 13t lairgest [[urban agglomeration]],<ref name="citymayors2">{{cite web|url=http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_2006_1.html|title=The world’s largest cities and urban areas in 2006|publisher=City Mayors|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> an the 4t lairgest metropolitan aurie in the warld.<ref>R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, [http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/session3_4/3_4whicharethe.pdf "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531212605/http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/session3_4/3_4whicharethe.pdf |date=2010-05-31 }}, City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)</ref> It is Pakistan's premier centre o bankin, industry, an trade an is hame tae Pakistan's lairgest corporations, includin those involved in textiles, shippin, [[automotive industry]], [[entertainment]], [[the airts]], fashion, advertisin, [[publishin]], [[software development]] an [[medical research]]. The ceety is a major hub o heicher education in Sooth Asie an the wider Islamic warld.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistancity.org/karachi_online.html|title=Pakistan City Karachi Online Information|publisher=Pakistancity.org|accessdate=2010-05-06|archive-date=2011-08-25|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/61C40fCqe?url=http://pakistancity.org/karachi_online.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Karachi is ranked as a [[Global ceety|Beta warld ceety]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2008t.html|title=GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2008|publisher=Lboro.ac.uk|date=2009-06-03|accessdate=2009-09-14|archive-date=2016-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811203314/http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2008t.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diserio.com/gawc-world-cities.html|title=GAWC World Cities Ranking List|publisher=Diserio.com|accessdate=2009-09-14|archive-date=2010-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222031432/http://www.diserio.com/gawc-world-cities.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It wis the oreeginal caipital o Pakistan till the construction o [[Islamabad]] an is the location o the [[Port o Karachi]] an [[Port Qasim|Port Bin Qasim]], twa o the region's lairgest an busiest ports. Efter the unthirldom o Pakistan, the ceety population increased dramatically when hunders o thoosans o Urdu-speakin migrants or Muhajirs frae [[Indie]], [[East Pakistan]] (later [[Bangladesh]]) an ither pairts o Sooth Asie came tae settle in Karachi.

The ceety is spread ower 3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi) in aurie, amaist fower times bigger than Hong Kong. It is locally kent as the "Ceety o Lichts" ({{Nastaliq|روشنیوں کا شہر}}) an "The bride o the ceeties" ({{Nastaliq|عروس البلاد}}) for its liveliness, an the "Ceety o the Quaid" ({{Nastaliq|شہرِ قائد}}), haein been the birth an burial place o Quaid-e-Azam ([[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]), the foonder o Pakistan, who made the ceety his hame efter Pakistan's unthirldom.

== Sister ceeties ==
* {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesie]]
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Shanghai]], [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae]], syne 15 Februar 1984<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.shfao.gov.cn/wsb/english/Sister_Cities/u1a14218.html
|title=Karachi
|publisher=Shanghai Foreign Affairs
|accessdate=2010-08-26
|archive-date=2016-03-03
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210131/http://www.shfao.gov.cn/wsb/english/Sister_Cities/u1a14218.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Mauritius}} [[Port Louis]], [[Mauritius]] syne 1 Mey 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/01/local17.htm|title=Sister-city accord with Port Louis|publisher=Dawn Media Group|date=2007-05-01|accessdate=2010-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/Mauritius/contents.aspx?type=statements&id=2|title=Pakistan-Mauritius Bilateral Relations|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan|accessdate=2010-08-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809044834/http://www.mofa.gov.pk/Mauritius/contents.aspx?type=statements&id=2|archivedate=2011-08-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston]], Unitit States syne 8 Mey 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://221.132.118.186/CDGK/NewsDetails/tabid/255/NewsId/777/Default.aspx|title=News Details|date=2009-05-08|publisher=City-District Government of Karachi|accessdate=2010-08-26}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://beta.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/sindh/houston-karachi-declared-sister-cities--zj|title=Houston-Karachi declared sister cities|date=2009-03-09|publisher=Dawn Media Group|accessdate=2010-08-26|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820163140/http://beta.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/sindh/houston-karachi-declared-sister-cities--zj|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Moscow]], [[Roushie]]
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[[Category:Caipitals o Pakistan]]
[[Category:Ceeties o Pakistan]]
[[Category:Coastal ceeties an touns in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Umwhile naitional caipitals]]
[[Category:Karachi| ]]
[[Category:Metropolitan auries o Pakistan]]
[[Category:Populatit places in Sindh]]
[[Category:Port ceeties an touns in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Ports an herbours o the Indie Ocean]]

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