Garden ( ur, گارڈ ن ) is an upmarket neighbourhood, which is in the
Karachi South
Karachi South District ( ur, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.
History
Karachi South District is the economic backbone of the country. It has Head Offices of many Corporations, Companies and Banks. Chi ...
district of
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It is subdivided into two neighborhoods:
Garden East
Garden East ( ur, گارڈ ن ایسٹ ) is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is administered as part of Jamshed Town, which was disbanded in 2011 but later restored in early 2022.
This area surrounds the Kar ...
and
Garden West. It is the residential area around the
Karachi Zoological Gardens
The Karachi Zoo ( ur, ; sd, ڪراچي زو چڙيا گهر), also known as Karachi Zoological and Botanical Gardens, formerly known as Gandhi Garden, is located in Garden West, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in 1799, it is the largest ...
, hence it is popularly known as 'Garden' area. Garden East is home to a house of worship for
Baháʼís.
It is also location of the
Cincinnatus Town Cincinnatus Town was initially a Christian neighborhood in Jamshed Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
The planners
Cincinnatus Fabian D'Abreo, Pedro D'Souza and his colleague George Britto, the town planners designed Cincinnatus Town, with its front ...
neighborhood which was established by
Goan Catholics
Goan Catholics ( gom, Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians following the Roman Rite of worship from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India. They are Konkan ...
. The main Karimabad
Jamaat Khana is the largest
Ismai'li house of worship in the world.
The population of Garden used to be primarily Ismaili and Goan Catholic, but has seen increasing numbers of
Memons
The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khat ...
,
Pashtuns
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
, and
Baloch.
Garden area is divided into:
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Garden East
Garden East ( ur, گارڈ ن ایسٹ ) is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is administered as part of Jamshed Town, which was disbanded in 2011 but later restored in early 2022.
This area surrounds the Kar ...
*
Garden West
Other areas of Garden are:
*
Usmanabad Usmanabad or Osmanabad ( ur, عثمان آباد ) is a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, ...
* Badshahi Compound
* Hasan Lashkari Village
*
Dhobi Ghat
Mahalakshmi Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundry place in Mumbai, India. It is located at Mahalaxmi railway station in southern Mumbai, it is also accessible from the Jacob Circle monorail station. The washers, known as '' dhobis'', work in t ...
* Shoe Market area
*
Pakistan Quarters
References
External links
Karachi Website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Saddar Town
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