Karachi Zoo

Karachi Zoo


Left to right: Entrance  • Courtyard  • Flamingoes • Reptile House
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24°52′34″N 67°01′24″E / 24.876228°N 67.023203°E / 24.876228; 67.023203
Date opened1878
LocationNishtar Road, Garden East
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Land area33 acres (130,000 m2)[1]
No. of animals~880
No. of species~80
Annual visitors0.1 million (2001)

The Karachi Zoo (Urdu: کراچی چڑیاگھر; Sindhi: ڪراچي زو چڙيا گهر), also known as Karachi Zoological and Botanical Gardens,Gandhi Garden, is located in Garden East, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in 1899, it is the largest zoo of Pakistan and second oldest zoo in the country after Lahore Zoo.[2]

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