Thatta District

Thatta District
  • ٺٽو ضلعو
  • ضلع ٹهٹہ
Top: Keenjhar Lake
Bottom: Bhandore Fort
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionHyderabad
Established1948 [1]
HeadquartersThatta
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Sindh
8,570 km2 (3,310 sq mi)
Population
 • District of Sindh
1,083,191
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
 • Urban
193,679 (17.88%)
 • Rural
889,512
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils7
Website[1]

Thatta District (Sindhi: ٺٽو ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع ٹهٹہ) is located in the southern area, locally called Laar, of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Thatta. It is home to a large necropolis of Makli. In 2013, several talukas were separated to form the new Sujawal District.[3]

  1. ^ Habib, S; Naseer, F; RanaSaba, S; Jamil, Z; Bibi, R (17 December 2023). "A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INFLUENTIAL FACTORS ON CAREER CHOICE IN NURSING AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS". Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Sciences. The International Institute of Knowledge Management. doi:10.17501/2357268x.2022.6201.
  2. ^ "Population of Thatta District per 2017 census" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Thatta Split to Make Sujawal 28th district of Sindh". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 4 April 2023.