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Korangi Creek Cantonment or Korangi Cantonment ( ur, کورنگی کریک چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of 
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 ...
, in Sindh, 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 ...
. It serves as a military base
A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. A military base always provides accommodations for ...
and residential establishment. It was established by the British Colonial Army in 19th-century British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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or Direct rule in India,
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and by Fort Wrigley. Currently, the former local seat of the British Wrigley-Pimley-McKerr family still stands. It was transferred to Pakistan Army after independence
Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...
in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water and electricity and is located outside the jurisdiction of the City District Government of Karachi.
See also
* Army Cantonment Board, Pakistan *Ibrahim Hyderi Ibrahim Hyderi ( ur, ابراہیم حیدری) is a fishing village in the Malir District of Karachi, Pakistan. It's part of Bin Qasim Town,
There are several ethnic groups in Ibrahim Haidery including Katchi, indhi
People, Katchis, Katchi
peo ...
* Faisal Cantonment
The Faisal Cantonment ( ur, )is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as an Airforce base and residential establishment.
PAF Base established in 1925, as a strategically important British Royal Air force Bas ...
* Cantonment
* PAF Base Korangi
Pakistan Air Force Airmen Academy Korangi Creek is "Home of Airmen". It was PAF Base which imparts only technical training to Aero Apprentices and training of non-technical trades was going on another PAF Bases, so PAF needed to train all Airmen a ...
* Korangi
* Korangi Town
Korangi Town ( sd, ڪورنگي ur, ) lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 9 union councils. ...
* Korangi District
Korangi District ( ur, ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi last modified in 2013, part of the Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.
Map of Karachi Division
History
The district was a part of District East in Kar ...
* Korangi J Area
Korangi J-area, Korangi, Sindh - South is located in Pakistan. Its zip code is 75900.
Address and Postcode
Title :
Korangi J-area, Korangi, Sindh - South
City :
Korangi J-area
Region 2 :
Korangi
Region 1 :
Sindh - South
Country :
Pakistan (PK)
Po ...
* Korangi Industrial Area
Korangi District ( ur, ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi last modified in 2013, part of the Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.
Map of Karachi Division
History
The district was a part of District East in Kara ...
* Korangi (disambiguation) Korangi is a human settlement in Sindh, Pakistan.
Korangi may also refer to:
In Pakistan
* Korangi Creek Cantonment, a cantonment in Pakistan.
*Korangi Creek Industrial Park, an industrial park in Pakistan
* Korangi District, an administrative uni ...
* Korangi railway station
Korangi railway station
( ur, , Sindhi: ڪورنگي ريلوي اسٽيشن) is located in Pakistan.
See also
* List of railway stations in Pakistan
* Pakistan Railways
*Korangi
Korangi ( ur, ) is one of the neighbourhoods of Korangi D ...
References
Cantonments in Karachi Coastal cities and towns in Pakistan {{Pakistan-mil-stub