Chittagong Colony
Chittagong Colony (Urdu: چٹاگونگ کالونی, Bengali: চিটাগাং কলোনি) is one of the neighbourhoods of S.I.T.E. Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Chittagong Colony is a neighbourhood whose population consists mostly of ethnic Chittagonian and Bengalis.[1][2] When one walks through the colony, one can see the colourful Bengali signboards, Bhashani caps, lungis and kurtas.[2] The Chittagong Colony has a baazaar, which was famous throughout Pakistan as the centre for Dhaka and Chittagong cloth.[1] It was also the headquarters of the local Bengali language newspaper, Daily Qaumi Bandhan.[2]
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- ^ a b "Falling back". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ a b c "Homeless In Karachi". Outlook. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
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- Neighbourhoods of Karachi
- Ethnic enclaves in Pakistan
- Bengali-speaking countries and territories
- Karachi geography stubs