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Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District), (Urdu: ضلع اورنگی) also (Karachi Gharbi کراچی غربی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division, created in 1972. It is located in the western part of Karachi in the province of Sindh , Pakistan with a population of 2.67 million.
In 1972, Lasbela district transferred back to Kalat division and Karachi district divided into three districts; East, West and South. In 1996, two more districts Central and Malir was created in Karachi division. The Karachi Division was abolished in 2001 and five districts of Karachi were merged in City District Karachi.
After independence in 1947, Karachi became the capital of the newly independent state of Pakistan and Mayor Hakim Ehsan received the Governor-General, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, at Karachi International Airport. 1948 saw the city boundaries fixed within the new Federal Capital Territory, which covered 2,103 km 2 but also included several small towns and villages separate from Karachi.
West of Karachi city is the Cape Monze, locally known as Ras Muari, which is an area characterised by sea cliffs, rocky sandstone promontories and beaches. Karachi lies very close to a major fault line, where the Indian tectonic plate meets the Arabian tectonic plate . [ 121 ]
NA-246 Karachi West-III (این اے-246،کراچی مغربی-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses Orangi. Areas
Town system was formed in August 2001 by dissolving Karachi District West as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13 union councils. The town system was disbanded in July 2011. Orangi Town was re-organized as part of Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District) in March 2015.
Orangi is bordered by New Karachi to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujjar Nala stream, Liaquatabad Town to the south, and Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate to the west. There are 13 official neighborhoods, each with its own council, which has allowed the township to build its own sewer system.
SITE Town (Urdu: سائٹ ٹاؤن), located in the southern part of Karachi, Pakistan, is named after the Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate. It was established in 2001 under the Local Government Ordinance and subdivided into nine union councils. In 2011, the town system was abolished, and SITE Town became part of Karachi West District.