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Dakhan
Dakhan ( fa, دخان, also Romanized as Dakhān and Dokhān; also known as Koreja State, KWO, and KWO) is a town in Shikarpur District, Sindh, Sindh Province, Pakistan. At the 2006 census, its population was 1064, in 280 families. References Populated places in Saveh County {{Saveh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikarpur District
Shikarpur district ( sd, شڪارپور ضلعو, ur, ), is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan. The city of Shikarpur is the district headquarters. There are 4 talukas: Lakhi Ghulam Shah, Garhi Yasin, Khanpur and Shikarpur itself. It is spread over an area of 2,512 km2. History Shikarpur was an important place as commanding the trade route through the Bolan Pass, and its merchants have dealings with many towns in central Asia. Shikarpur was a city closed within a fort, that fort had ''seven gates'': Hathi Gate, Lakhi Gate, Hazari gate, Khanpur Gate, Suvi Gate, Wagana Gate, Karan Gate & Noshero Gate. The East India Company occupied Sindh in 1843; They formed three districts in Sindh administratively: Hyderabad, Karachi and Shikarpur. In 1847 British Government created a new district named Upper Sind Frontier District. Then the Shikarpur city was the District Headquarters till 1883 until the British Government Shifted District Headquarters to Sukkur. At that time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
