Orangi Subdivision

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Orangi Town

اُورنگی ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Orangi Town was split into 13 Union Councils
Orangi Town was split into 13 Union Councils
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established2001
Disbanded2011
Union Councils
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13
Area
 • Total60 km2 (22 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,540,420

Orangi Town (Sindhi: اُورنگي ٽاؤن‎, Urdu: اُورنگی ٹاؤن‎) lies in the northwestern part of the city that was named after the sprawling municipality of Orangi. Orangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011,[1] and Orangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi West District in 2015.

Location[]

Orangi Town was bordered by New Karachi Town to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujjar Nala stream, Liaquatabad Town to the south, and SITE Town to the west. There were 13 official neighborhoods, called union councils.

History[]

Orangi became famous in the 1980s when local inhabitants became frustrated at the lack of development in the area by the municipal administration and launched the Orangi Pilot Project under the guidance of Akhtar Hameed Khan.[2] The Orangi area was the largest squatter settlement in Karachi at the time, so the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) did not extend services to the Orangi community.[3] The local community financed, designed and built their own low-cost sewerage system.[4]

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Kemari Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Kemari Town was re-organized as part of Karachi West district.[citation needed]

Localities within Orangi Town[]

GULSHAN-E-BAHAR
Baloch Goth
Bilal Colony
Chisti Nagar
Raees Amrohi Colony
Data Nagar
Ghabool Town
Ghaziabad
Hanifabad
Haryana Colony
Iqbal Baloch Colony
Madina Colony
Mohammad Nagar
Mominabad
Mujahidabad

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Abbasi, Saeed (10 July 2011). "Karachi's district status restored, notification issued". The News Tribe. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Remembering Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan - Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk.
  3. ^ Hasan, Arif (1999) Akhtar Hameed Khan and the Orangi Pilot Project. City Press, Karachi. ISBN 969-8380-20-5
  4. ^ "ORANGI PILOT PROJECT". web.mit.edu.

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Coordinates: 24°57′N 66°58′E / 24.950°N 66.967°E / 24.950; 66.967

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