The Manora Cantonment ( ur, منوڑہ چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town in a small Manora Island, located just south 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 ...

, in

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. It serves as a

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and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army in 19th-century

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, and taken over by the

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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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