Chittagong Colony (, ) is a neighbourhood in
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
,
Sindh
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, Pakistan. The name comes probably because people of
Chittagong
Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...
origin might have settled there first.
Mostly Bangladeshi things dominate this, which is part of
S.I.T.E. Town in the west of the city.
Bengali colonies, often referred to as 'mini Bangladesh,' are concentrated in specific areas where they coexist with Myanmar (Burma) communities, facilitated by cultural and linguistic similarities. Notably, the Chittagong Colony is one of the most prominent Bengali settlements in Karachi, reflecting the strong cultural ties between the two groups.
[ The vast majority of Pakistani Bengalis lives in Karachi's ]Shanty town
A shanty town, squatter area, squatter settlement, or squatter camp is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood, or from cheap building materials such as corrugated iron s ...
s, improvised human settlements, such as Machar Colony, Musa Colony or Chittagong Colony.national identity cards
An identity document (abbreviated as ID) is a documentation, document proving a person's Identity (social science), identity.
If the identity document is a plastic card it is called an ''identity card'' (abbreviated as ''IC'' or ''ID card''). ...
.
Chittagong Colony was also the headquarters of the '' Daily Qaumi Bandhan'', a local Bengali language newspaper that played a significant role in promoting Bengali culture and language.
See also
* Bengalis in Pakistan
References
External links
Karachi Website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Ethnic enclaves in Pakistan
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