Kotri

Kotri (Sindhi: ڪوٽڙي‎, Urdu: کوٹری‎) is a city and the headquarters of the Kotri Taluka of Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan.[2] Located on the right bank of the Indus River, it is the 29th largest city in Pakistan. It is also the largest city of Jamshoro District.[3]

Kotri

کوٹری
City
From top:
Kotri Bridge at night, Kotri Barrage at Indus River
Kotri
Kotri
Coordinates: 25.373964°N 68.301315°E / 25.373964; 68.301315
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DistrictJamshoro
Population
 • City259,358
 • Rank29th, Pakistan
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Name

The name Koṭri is the diminutive form of the word koṭ, meaning "fort"; thus, the name means "little fort".[4]

Demographics

According to the 1998 Pakistan Census, the population of Kotri city was recorded as 62,085. As per 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of city was recorded as 259,358 with an immense increase of 317.75% in just 19 years.[5]

Education

Colleges
  • Government Girls Degree College Kotri
  • Government Boys Degree College Kotri
  • Worker's Intermediate college for Girls Site Kotri
  • Worker's Intermediate college for Boys Site Kotri

Universities

Notable People
  • Ali Muhammad (1940 – 8 August 2016), known professionally as Ali Baba (Sindhi: علي بابا, Urdu: علی بابا), was a notable Sindhi-language drama writer and novelist. He was born in Kotri. He died on 8 August 2016 due to heart attack in his home Karachi.

References
  1. "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities". PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. Historical Places of Dadu - Population Census Organisation Government of Pakistan, Islamabad Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities". PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. Gidwani, Parso J. (1990). "Place-Names of Sindh". Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute. 49: 153–156. JSTOR 42930281.
  5. "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.
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