Jamshoro

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Jamshoro
—  City  —
Jamshoro is located in Sindh
Jamshoro
Coordinates: 25°16′N 68°12′E / 25.26°N 68.20°E / 25.26; 68.20Coordinates: 25°16′N 68°12′E / 25.26°N 68.20°E / 25.26; 68.20
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
Population (2004)
 • Total 120,000 approx
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Number of towns 1

Jamshoro (Urdu: جامشورو‎), (Sindhi: ڄام شورو) is a city and capital of Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of Indus River, approximately 18 km Northwest of Hyderabad and 150 km Northeast from the provincial Capital of Sindh and largest city of Pakistan, Karachi.

Besides being an historical and picturesque site, Jamshoro is home to highly-educated and affluent people along with this, it is also of universities like Pakistan's second oldest university called University of Sindh, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology and Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, which produce number of doctors, engineers, IT professionals, journalists and other professionals every year.

A street in Jamshoro

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