Malir District

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Malir District is an administrative district in the eastern part of Karachi, Pakistan, known for its relatively rural character, agricultural land, and rapidly growing urban settlements.

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Malir 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
adjacentTo Umerkot District
surface form: Jamshoro District

Karachi East District
Korangi District
Thatta District
administratedBy Deputy Commissioner Malir
contains Bin Qasim Town
Gadap Town
Ibrahim Hyderi
Landhi
Malir Cantonment
country Pakistan
governedAs district of Sindh province
hasCapital Malir District self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malir
hasCharacteristic low population density compared to central Karachi
mix of urban and rural areas
presence of agricultural villages
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
informal urban services
livestock farming
hasFeature arid and semi-arid climate
coastal belt in some areas
expanding housing schemes
industrial zones in some localities
hasHeadquarters Malir District self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malir
knownFor agricultural land
rapidly growing urban settlements
relatively rural character
languageUsed Balochi
Pashto
Punjabi
Sindhi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Karachi
Sindh
eastern part of Karachi
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedNear Arabian Sea
partOf Karachi Division
Sindh
surface form: Sindh province
subdivisionType tehsil
traversedBy Malir River
utcOffset +5

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Korangi District borders Malir District
Malir District hasCapital Malir District self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malir
Malir District hasHeadquarters Malir District self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malir
Karachi hasSubdivision Malir District