The Manora Cantonment ( ur, منوڑہ چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town in a small

Manora Island Manora ( sd, منهوڙو, ur, ) is a small peninsula that forms a protective barrier between Karachi Harbour to the north and the Arabian Sea to the south. Manora, having a total population of 4,273 local residents (as per 2017 census), was f ...

, located just south 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 c ...

, in Sindh,

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. It serves as a

military base A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. A military base always provides accommodations for ...

and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army in 19th-century

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, and taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947.Artfiend: Reclaiming Manora
Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 March 2010, Retrieved 26 September 2021 Karachi admin

The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government of Karachi.
GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 26 September 2021

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Cantonments in Karachi Coastal cities and towns in Pakistan {{Pakistan-mil-stub

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