Karachi Division ( ur, ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. There are seven districts of Karachi.

History

In December 1960 Lasbela became a separate district and was placed to form Karachi-Bela division. In 1972, Lasbela district transferred to Kalat division and Karachi district divided into three (03) districts; East, West and

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

. In 1996, Two (02) more districts

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and

Malir Malir Town ( sd, ملير ٽائون, ur, ) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the Malir River. History Administrative status 2000 The federal government under introduced local government reforms in the year ...

was created in Karachi division. The Karachi Division was abolished in 2001 and five districts of Karachi were merged in City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided in 18 Towns and 178 union councils. Commissioner Karachi division was made DCO City District government Karachi. On 11 July 2011, Sindh Government restored 5 districts of Karachi division. In November 2013, a new district (sixth),

Korangi Korangi ( ur, ) is one of the neighbourhoods of Korangi District, Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.District Karachi East. The News, Korangi made sixth district of Karachi
/ref> In August 2020, Sindh cabinet approved formation of the seventh district in Karachi -

Keamari District Keamari District ( sd, ڪياماڙي ضلعو, ur, is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. History Keamari District was created after splitting Karachi West District in 2020. Demographics At the time of the ...

. Keamari District was formed by splitting District West.Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari
/ref> Currently, Sindh government is planning to create Bin Qasim district after bifurcating Malir district.

Districts of Karachi Division

There are seven districts of Karachi, namely: * Karachi Central District * Karachi East District * Karachi South District * Karachi West District * Korangi District * Malir District *

References

*Division Divisions of Pakistan Urdu-speaking countries and territories {{pakistan-geo-stub