Korangi Town

Korangi Town (Sindhi: ڪورنگي‎Urdu: کورنگي ٹاؤن‎) lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 9 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011,[1] and Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before Korangi District was formed.

Korangi Town
کورنگي ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Korangi Town was divided into 9 Union Councils
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established14 August 2001
Disbanded2011
Union Councils
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • Town NazimMuhammad Arif Khan
 • Naib NazimMuhammad Asghar Qureshi
 • Municipal OfficerDr. Mukhtar
Population
 (1998)
 • Total546,504
Office LocationST1/3 Sector 4/B.Korangi 2½, Karachi.

History

The federal government under 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.

Hospital and Healthcare
  • Indus Hospital[2]
  • LRBT Free Tertiary Eye Hospital Korangi [3]
  • Sultan General Hospital Korangi[4]

Neighbourhoods of Korangi Town

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

See also

References
  1. Abbasi, Saeed (10 July 2011). "Karachi's district status restored, notification issued". The News Tribe. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. https://indushospital.org.pk/
  3. https://www.lrbt.org.pk/lrbt-free-tertiary-eye-hospital-korangi-karachi/
  4. http://wikimapia.org/26399248/Sultan-General-Hospital


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