Lyari Town
لیاری ٹاؤن لياري ٽائون | |
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  Lyari Town | |
| Coordinates: 24°52′20″N 66°59′32″E / 24.87222°N 66.99222°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| City District | Karachi |
| Established | August 2001 |
| Disbanded | 2011 |
| Union Councils | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Nazim | walo niazi |
| Population | |
| • Total | 186,494 |
| Demonym | Lyariite[1] |
| Postal code | 75660 |
| Office Location | Main Lyari Town Off. (Old KMC Zonal Office) Shahrah-e-Abdul Rahim Baloch (Chakiwara Road) Lyari Town, Karachi. |
Lyari Town (Sindhi: لیاري ٽائون, Urdu: لیاری ٹاؤن ) is named after the historic locality of Lyari.[2][3][4] Lyari Town was the smallest borough (called "town" in Karachi) by area, but also the most densely populated one.[1] Lyari Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 Union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Lyari Town was re-organized as part of Karachi South in 2015.
- ^ a b Yamini Narayanan (19 November 2015), Religion and Urbanism: Reconceptualising Sustainable Cities for South Asia, Routledge, p. 165, ISBN 978-1-317-75542-5
- ^ "Lyari Town". City Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Latif Baloch (2 August 2005). "KARACHI: Lyari: Karachi's oldest settlement". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Sarwat Viqar (2014). "Constructing Lyari: place, governance and identity in a Karachi neighbourhood". South Asian History and Culture. 5 (3): 365–383. doi:10.1080/19472498.2014.905335.