The Manora Cantonment () is a

cantonment A cantonment (, , or ) is a type of military base. In South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British Raj). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential ...

town in a small Manora Island, located just south of

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, in

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. 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 A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...

establishment. Established by the

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in 19th-century

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, the cantonment was taken over by the

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upon the country's

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in 1947.Artfiend: Reclaiming Manora
Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 March 2010, Retrieved 26 September 2021 Karachi admin

The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government of Karachi.
GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 26 September 2021

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Cantonments in Karachi Coastal cities and towns in Pakistan {{Pakistan-mil-stub

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