Nawabshah ( sd, نوابشاھ, ur, ) is a tehsil and headquarters of the

Shaheed Benazirabad District Shaheed Benazirabad District ( sd, شهيد بينظيرآباد ضلعو, ur, ) previously known as Nawabshah District, is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Renaming The district was renamed in September 2008 when mos ...

of Sindh province,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. This city is situated in the middle of Sindh province. It is the 27th largest city in Pakistan.

Nawabshah Nawabshah ( sd, نوابشاھ, ur, ) is a tehsil and headquarters of the Shaheed Benazirabad District of Sindh province, Pakistan. This city is situated in the middle of Sindh province. It is the 27th largest city in Pakistan. Nawabshah Teh ...

Tehsil (formerly known as Nasrat Tehsil from 1907 to 1909) was established in 1907 by the British government. The tehsil was a part of Hyderabad district (1907 - 1912). On 1 November 1912 Nawabshah was upgraded to a district status of

Sind Division The Sind Division was the name an administrative division of the British Raj located in Sindh. History The territory was annexed by the Bombay Presidency of British India on 17 February 1843, following a British Indian conquest led by then Major ...

. In 1909, Syed Nawab Ali Shah donated 200 acres of land to British government for construction of a town

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

and 60 acres of land for construction of buildings of district and

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

offices free of cost. To commemorate this, the British government then changed the name of Nasrat town to Nawabshah town

Area and population 2014

Climate

Nawabshah has a

hot desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''BWh''). The city is considered one of the hottest cities in Pakistan, with summer temperatures soaring as high as . Temperatures above are fairly common during late May and early June. Winters start late, around mid-November, lasting to around mid-February, with night-time temperatures often reaching , and temperatures below occurring two or three times on average in January. The highest temperatures each year in Pakistan, typically rising to above , are usually recorded in

Nawabshah District Shaheed Benazirabad District ( sd, شهيد بينظيرآباد ضلعو, ur, ) previously known as Nawabshah District, is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Renaming The district was renamed in September 2008 when mos ...

and

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from May to August. The climate is generally dry and hot, but sometimes the temperature falls to . On 26 May 2010 record breaking severe heat wave hit the city and the mercury level reached which was the highest temperature ever recorded in Nawabshah at the time. The climate is generally dry and hot, but sometimes the temperature falls to . On January 7, 2011, temperatures dropped to in the city.