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City Railway Colony ( ur, سٹی ریلوے کالونی) is a neighbourhood in
Saddar Town Saddar Town ( sd, صدر ٽائون; ur, ), lies in the central part of the city that formed much of the historic colonial core of Karachi. Saddar Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into ...
Saddar Town - Government of Karachi
in
Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
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and is part of the administrative district Karachi South. The colony is comprising the entire area south of the
Karachi City Station Karachi City Station ( ur, ), formerly McLeod Station, is one of two main Karachi railway terminals along with the Karachi Cantonment station. Karachi City Station is located on I. I. Chundrigar Road, adjacent to Habib Bank Plaza, in Karachi, ...
and the I. I. Chundrigar Road between the Railway Street with the
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is in the west and the Jinnah Courts and PIDC Bridge on the east. The KPT container terminal and the Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan Road builds the southern border. There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs,
Sindhis Sindhis ( sd, سنڌي Perso-Arabic: सिन्धी Devanagari; ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the province of Sindh in Pakistan. After the partition of British Indian empire in 1947, man ...
, Punjabis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns,
Balochis The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ar ...
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Memons The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khat ...
, Bohras Ismailis.


Main areas

* Bottle Ghali * New Challi * Pakistan Chowk * Serai Quarters * Gate No.10 * N.T.R. colony * Gharibabad


References


External links


Website Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
Neighbourhoods of Karachi Saddar Town {{Karachi-geo-stub