Thar and Parkar District
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Thar and Parkar District was a former administrative district in British-era Sind, encompassing the arid Thar Desert region in what is now southeastern Pakistan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thar and Parkar District canonical | 2 |
| Kotri Taluka | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district of British India
ⓘ
former administrative district ⓘ historical administrative unit ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter |
Mithi
ⓘ
Umarkot ⓘ
surface form:
Umerkot
|
| administrativeDivisionType | district ⓘ |
| agriculturalDependence | monsoon rains ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Kutch region
Rann of Kutch ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| colonialAdministration |
Indian Civil Service
ⓘ
surface form:
British Indian civil service
|
| colonialCategory | non-regulation district ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| economy |
pastoralism
ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticRegion | Sindh ⓘ |
| geopoliticalSignificance | border region with princely state of Kutch ⓘ |
| historicalLocationNowIn |
Pakistan
ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
surface form:
Sindh Province, Pakistan
|
| knownFor |
chronic water scarcity
ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ |
| legalSystem | British Indian law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sind
ⓘ
Thar Desert ⓘ southeastern Pakistan ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
Dhatki
ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thar Desert ⓘ |
| partOf | Sind Province ⓘ |
| populationCharacter | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
modern Tharparkar District
ⓘ
modern Umerkot District ⓘ parts of Mirpur Khas District ⓘ |
| region |
Thar Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Thar Desert region
|
| status | defunct district ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeUnit |
Mirpur Khas
ⓘ
surface form:
Mirpur Khas District
Tharparkar District ⓘ Umerkot District ⓘ |
| terrain | arid desert ⓘ |
| timePeriod | British colonial era ⓘ |
| transport | limited road infrastructure in colonial period ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kotri Taluka