Karachi South District
Karachi District
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Clockwise from top-left: Old Karachi Municipal Corporation, I. I. Chundrigar Road, Frere Hall, View of Mazar-e-Quaid, National Museum of Pakistan | |
Map of Karachi District | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Division | Karachi |
| Established | 1972 |
| Re-established | 11 July 2011 |
| Headquarters | DC South |
| Boroughs | 5
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| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Altaf Hussain Sario |
| • Constituensy | NA-239 Karachi South-I NA-240 Karachi South-II NA-241 Karachi South-III |
| Area | |
• Total | 122 km2 (47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,329,764 |
| • Density | 19,096.4/km2 (49,459/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
| CNIC Code of District Karachi South | 42301-XXXXXXX-X |
| Website | dcsouthkarachi |
Karachi District (formerly Karachi South District) (Urdu: ضلع کراچی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan, created in 1972. Karachi District had a population of 2,329,764 (2.3 million) as of the 2023 Pakistani census.
In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi South District simply to Karachi District because all divisional administration is located there.