Saddar Town ( sd, صدر ٽائون; ur, ), lies in the central part of the city that formed much of the historic colonial core of

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. Saddar Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Saddar Town was re-organized as part of

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in 2015.

Etymology

The word ''Saddar'' generally means the "center" (of a settlement) and also the "head" (of a group of people or an organisation). The word Saddar may loosely be translated into "Downtown" as it shares common characteristics with a Downtown of any particular city located in United States. This includes historic areas, attractions, being in the center etc.

Location

Saddar Town is located in the colonial heart of Karachi. It is bordered by

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and

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to the east,

Kiamari Town Keamari Town ( ur, ) lies in the southern part of the city that was named after the historic seaside municipality of Keamari. Kemari Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union counc ...

and the

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to the south and

Lyari Town Lyari Town ( sd, لیاری ٽاؤن , ur, ) is named after the historic locality of Lyari. Lyari Town was the smallest borough (called "town" in Karachi) by area, but also the most densely populated one. Lyari Town was formed in 2001 as par ...

to the west. The majority of the population were

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and Sindhi Muslims. Among the Gujarati-speaking people were trading communities such as

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s and Marwaris.

History

Saddar Town contained much of the oldest parts of Karachi. The federal government under

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, introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (

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) and replaced it with the fourth tier (

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). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former

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, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Saddar Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the

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system was reintroduced. In 2015, Saddar Town was re-organized as part of

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Neighbourhoods

Saddar Town was made up of the following:

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