Larkana
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Larkana
لاڙڪاڻو لاڑکانہ | |
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  Larkana  Larkana | |
| Coordinates: 27°33′30″N 68°12′40″E / 27.55833°N 68.21111°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| District | Larkana District |
| Taluka | Larkana Taluka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,423 km2 (2,866 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 364,033[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Area code | 074 |
| Website | Larkana.pk |
Larkana (Urdu: لاڑکانہ; Sindhi: لاڙڪاڻو) is a city in the north-west of the Sindh province of Pakistan, where the historic Indus River flows in south of the city.[2] It is called the city of Holy Alams due to the greatest number of Holy Alams as compared to other cities or regions of the world. It is home to the Indus Valley Civilization site Mohenjo-daro.[3] It is the 15th Largest city of Pakistan.
The city is located within Larkana District. Formerly known as 'Chandka', Larkana is located on the south bank of the Ghar canal, about 40 miles (64 km) south of the town Shikarpur, and 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Mehar.[4] According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, its population is 490,508.
Geography
Larkana is situated at Latitude 24 56' 00' and Longitude 67 11' 00'.[5] It is situated in north-western Sindh and it has own division. It is also included in upper Sindh.
Climate
Larkana has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). Summer is hot as temperature reaches at 53 °C and winter is cool as temperature drops to −2 °C.
This hot weather sometime costs human lives. In June 2007 a couple of people died as a result of the hot summer.[6] Hot weather keeps many in the city at home, and cases of fainting are occasionally reported.[7] The hot days continue from May to September, followed by monsoon rains, sometimes bringing floods in the nearby areas.[8]
| Climate data for Larkana | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.2 (84.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
44.8 (112.6) |
50.0 (122.0) |
53.0 (127.4) |
51.0 (123.8) |
47.0 (116.6) |
44.0 (111.2) |
43.0 (109.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
53.0 (127.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.3 (0.09) |
1.1 (0.04) |
4.6 (0.18) |
4.5 (0.18) |
2.5 (0.10) |
8.5 (0.33) |
17.4 (0.69) |
09.1 (0.36) |
1.5 (0.06) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.6 (0.02) |
52.1 (2.05) |
| Average precipitation days | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 7.2 |
| Source: PMD (1988-2018) [9] | |||||||||||||
Administration
The deputy commissioner is the head of District Administrative system. Nouman Sadique Latki is the deputy commissioner of Larkana.
The district of Larkana is administratively subdivided into the following talukas:[10]
Education
Several old and new schools, colleges, as well as university are functioning in the city for both boys and girls. Many are private and public institutions.
Schools and colleges
Local schools include Government Pilot Higher Secondary School (founded in 1926 by the British colonists), Girls High School, Public School Larkana, Deeni Madersa High School, Strathmore School System,[11] and Government Degree College. Technical institutes include Polytechnic Institute and Teachers' Training College.[12]
University and campuses
SZABIST opened its first campus in Larkana in 2004. It offers degrees in BBA (day), BA (day), MBA (evening), EMBA. A few years later the SZABIST Trust established two school and college in the city: Montessori to Class VII (Junior School) and Class VIII to XII (School and College).[13]
Chandka Medical College (CMC) was established and inaugurated by the former prime minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on 20 April 1973. It was the fourth public medical college to be established in the province of Sindh. Chandka Medical College is recognised by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC). The College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) has also established its regional center at the campus of CMC Larkana. CMC is recently upgraded to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University.[14]
In 2009, Quaid-e-Awam University College of Engineering Science & Technology (QUCEST), Larkano, was established in the outskirt of Larkana, under the directives of Government of Sindh in collaboration with Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science & Technology (QUEST), Nawabshah, Sindh. The campus offers bachelor of engineering degrees in the technologies of civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and electrical engineering.[15]
Transport
Larkana Railway Station is located in the center of the city. It connects Larkana to the rest of Sindh and Pakistan. Pakistan Railway also assists in the transportation of agricultural products to provincial capital Karachi from Larkana. Moenjodaro Airport is located near Mohen-jo-daro, 28 km away to the south of the city of Larkana, about 5 kilometres away from Dokri.
Larkana is connected via land buses to most major cities in the country, including Karachi, Islamabad, and Quetta.
Sport
Larkana was the birthplace of the Sindh Games. It also hosted the 12th Sindh Games in 2009 which included sports such as football, gymnastics, hockey, judo, karate, squash, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, and wushu. It also included traditional games such as kodi kodi, malakhara, shooting and wanjhwatti.[16] Larkana is also home to Larkana Bulls.[17]
The Larkana Tennis Association provides the only tennis court in Larkana, and coaches boys coming from various other cities.[18]
Notable people
- Jan Mohammad Abbasi – Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Ishaque Ahmed Ansari – writer, and statistician
- Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri – lawyer, politician, writer
- Abdul-Majid Bhurgri – developer of computing in the Sindhi
- Benazir Bhutto – former prime minister of Pakistan
- Fatima Bhutto – novelist, journalist
- Mumtaz Ali Bhutto – former governor, Chief Minister of Sindh and federal minister
- Murtaza Bhutto – founder of the PPP Shaheed Bhutto; son of Z. A Bhutto
- Shah Nawaz Bhutto – prime minister of State of Jhunagarah, prominent landowner, politician, initiator and mover of Sukkur Barrage; father of Z. A Bhutto
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – former president and prime minister of Pakistan
- Sobho Gianchandani – lawyer and scholar
- Muhammad Ayub Khuhro – former chief minister of Sindh, former defense minister of Pakistan
- Rauf Lala – comedian
- Abida Parveen – Sufi singer
- Bashir Ahmed Qureshi – chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM)
- Muhammad Sharif – ex-Federal Secretary and Home Minister Sindh
- Qazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah – former chief minister of Sindh and Federal Minister
See also
- Larkana District
- History of Larkana
- Mohen-jo-daro
- Larkana Bulls
- Abida Parveen
- Sohai Ali Abro
- Indus Valley Civilization
- List of Indus Valley Civilization sites
- List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilization
- Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization
References
- ^ http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/pakistan-population/cities/
- ^ Rivers, Bridge. "Infrastructures". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ Indus, Valley. "Archeology". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 16, page 144 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". uchicago.edu. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Geography, Larkana. http://www.tageo.com/index-e-pk-v-05-d-m3841727.htm. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Weather, Casualty. http://www.dawn.com/news/251255/sibbi-and-larkana-sizzle-at-over-51-c. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Cases, Fainting. http://www.dawn.com/news/105094/hottest-day-in-larkana. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Weather, Climate. Dawn http://www.dawn.com/news/1012162/larkana-remains-hottest-place-in-country. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://www.PMD.gov.pk/. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "District Larkana Online! [ApnaLarkana.com] - First Official & Commercial website on District Larkana ... Complete guide to Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. Larkana, Chandka, Moen jo daro, benazir Bhutto, Zulfiqar Bhutto, garhi khuda baksh, murtaza bhutto, bhutto". apnalarkana.com. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Schools in Pakistan | Great Pakistan". Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Apna, Larkana. "Schools and colleges". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ School & College. "SZABIST Larkana". Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Chandka, University. "SMBB". CMC. CMC. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ QUCEST, Larkana. "Engineering Campus Larkana". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Larkana, Sports. "Sindh Games". Dawn. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Team Larkana Bulls T20 Batting Bowling Stats - Live Cricket Scores - PCB". pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Promoting tennis in Larkana". The Express Tribune. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
Bibliography
- Jonah Blank; Christopher Clary; Brian Nichiporuk (30 October 2014), Drivers of Long-Term Insecurity and Instability in Pakistan: Urbanization, Rand Corporation, ISBN 978-0-8330-8750-8
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External links
Larkana travel guide from Wikivoyage
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