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Karāchi (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 24 54 20 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 24.9056 decimal degrees |
| Long: 067 04 56 E degrees minutes |
Long: 67.0822 decimal degrees |
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Note: Nation's principal seaport; important trade & industrial center; under British rule from 1843 until nation's independence; monuments include tomb of Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. |
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| Karāchi (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Karachi (C,V,English,U)
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| Karatschi (C,V)
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| Karanchi (C,V,English,U)
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| Kurrachee (C,V)
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| Kurrachi (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Sindh (province) (P) |
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Karāchi (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled early 18th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| national capital (H) |
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of Pakistan, 1947-1959 |
| regional capital (C) |
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