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Karachi
is the largest city, main seaport and financial center of Pakistan,
as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has
an estimated population of 21 million people as of April 2012. Results in that
month of Pakistan's latest census initial tabulations show that the
district is home to over 21 million people, at a density of nearly 6,000
people per square kilometer (15,500 per square mile). Karachi is the most populous
city in the country, is the world's largest city in terms of population and also the 11th
largest urban
agglomeration in the world. It is Pakistan's premier center of banking,
industry, economic activity and trade and is home to Pakistan's largest
corporations, including those involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment,
the arts,
fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical
research. The city is a major hub of higher education in South Asia
and the Muslim
world.
Karachi is ranked as a Beta world
city. It was the capital of Pakistan until Islamabad was
constructed as a forward thrust capital in order to spread development much
more evenly across the country and to prevent it from just being concentrated
in Karachi. Karachi is the location of the Port
of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, two of the region's largest and busiest
ports. After the independence of Pakistan, the city population increased
dramatically when hundreds of thousands of Muhajirs from India and other parts
of South Asia came to settle in Karachi the city is located in the south of the
country, along the coastline meeting the Arabian Sea.
It is spread over 3,527 km2
(1,362 sq mi) in area, almost four times larger than Hong Kong It is
locally known as the "City of Lights" and "The bride
of the cities" for its liveliness,
and the "City of the Quaid" having been the birth and burial place of
Quaid -e- Azam, the Great Leader, (Muhammad Ali Jinnah), the founder of Pakistan,
who made the city his home after Pakistan's independence from the British Raj
on 14 August 1947.
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