Sukkur
Sukkur
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Clockwise from top: Lansdowne Bridge and the modern Ayub Bridge; Spring flowers; IBA University; and night view of Sukkur Barrage | |
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Sukkur Location of Sukkur Sukkur Sukkur (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 27°42′22″N 68°50′54″E / 27.70611°N 68.84833°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Division | Sukkur |
| District | Sukkur |
| Established | 1862 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor of Sukkur | None (Vacant) |
| • Commissioner | Fayyaz Hussain Abbasi(BPS-20 PCS) |
| • Regional Police Officer (RPO) | Faisal Abdullah Chachar (BPS-20 PSP) |
| Area | |
• City | 300 km2 (120 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,165 km2 (1,994 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
• City | 563,851 |
| • Rank | 17th, Pakistan |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Postal code | 65200 |
| Number of towns | 4 |
| Provincial Language | Sindhi |
| Native Language | Sindhi |
| Number of Union councils | 20 |
| Website | smc |
| "About District". District Government Sukkur. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. | |
Sukkur is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 17th largest city of Pakistan by population. The city was originally founded by the Rai dynasty of Sindh. The modern city was built in the 1840s. New Sukkur was established during the British era alongside the village of Sukkur. Sukkur's hill, along with the hill on the river island of Bukkur, form what is sometimes considered the "Gate of Sindh".