Jamshoro
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Jamshoro (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a city and the capital of Jamshoro District, in Sindh, Pakistan. It is on the right bank of the Indus River, approximately Template:Cvt northwest of Hyderabad and Template:Cvt northeast of the provincial capital of Sindh, Karachi.[1]
This city is popularly known as Education City. Four major universities of Sindh are located in the vicinity of this city.
History
Ranikot Fort is a historical fort near Sann, Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan.[2] Ranikot Fort is also known as the Great Wall of Sindh and is believed to be the world's largest fort with a circumference of approximately Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] Since 1993, it has been on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[4]
Archaeologists point to the 17th century as its time of first construction but now Sindh archaeologists agree that some of the present structure was reconstructed by Mir Karam Ali Talpur and his brother Mir Murad Ali Talpur in 1812 at a cost of 1.2 million rupees (Sindh Gazetteer, 677).[5]
Universities
- University of Sindh
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
- Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
- University of Art and Culture
Schools and colleges
- Cadet College Petaro
- Pak Turk International School & College Jamshoro
- The City School Jamshoro campus
- The Educators Branch Jamshoro
- Rockford Cambridge School Branch Jamshoro
- Pioneers School and college jamshoro campus
Location
Jamshoro, is situated on the right bank of the Indus River at south-west position of Province of Sindh sloping from direction North-east to south-west and is about 18 kilometers from Hyderabad and at a distance of 150 kilometers from Karachi.
Education
Jamshoro City is known for its universities, There are about 4 major universities of Sindh located in this city including
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology,
- Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
- University of Sindh
- Allah Bux Soomro University of Arts and Design
- Cadet College Petaro
These universities have made jamshoro city a key city for Education.
Demographics
The population of Jamshoro District increased from 582,094 in 1998 to 1,176,969 in 2011, an increase of 102.2%.[7] Roughly, 95% of the Population of the city consists of migrants from various parts of Sindh who migrated to the town in around 1948-2001 and to a lesser extent from 2002 to 2014 decades. Therefore, the city holds a number of diverse Sindhi clans and ethnic groups mainly from Jamshoro District, Dadu District, Sukkur District, Larkana District, Khairpur District, Umarkot District, Matiari District, Nawabshah District, Shikarpur District, Tharparker, Naushahro Feroze District, Badin District and Jacobabad District.[8][9][10][11] The city is predominantly Sindhi with a substantial community of Pathans, Baloch people and Saraiki. Small communities of Brahuis, Punjabis, and to a lesser extent Muhajir people are also present.[12][13][14]
Jamshoro is predominantly Muslim with a small Hindu minority.[15]
See also
References
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