Thar and Parkar District

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district of British India former administrative district historical administrative unit

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.

Aliases (1)

Kotri Taluka ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	district of British India → former administrative district → historical administrative unit →
administrativeCenter	Mithi → Umerkot →
administrativeDivisionType	district →
agriculturalDependence	monsoon rains →
borderedBy	Kutch region → Rann of Kutch →
climate	arid →
colonialAdministration	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 Province, Pakistan NERFINISHED →
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 region →
status	defunct district →
successorAdministrativeUnit	Mirpur Khas District → Tharparkar District → Umerkot District →
terrain	arid desert →
timePeriod	British colonial era →
transport	limited road infrastructure in colonial period →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Sind →	includedArea
Kotri Barrage ("Kotri Taluka") →	locatedIn