Hyderabad District (Hyderābād District)
The East India Company occupied Sindh in 1843; They formed three districts in Sindh administratively: Hyderabad, Karachi and Shikarpur (now Sukkur district).
In 1982, the largest area of the district in eastern side bifurcated to create a new district Thar and Parkar district with the headquarters Umerkot.
In 1907, create a new taluka named Nasrat from Sakrand and Shahdadpur taluka.
In 1912, the northern side of the district separated to form Nawabshah district.
In 1975, Southern side also separated to form Badin district.
After 1998 census, two new talukas created in the district named; Hyderabad city and Latifabad talukas.
After 2002 elections, a new taluka created in the district named Qasimabad from Hyderabad City taluka.
The city of Hyderabad is where the district headquarters were located and the district government used to be seated. The last Deputy Commissioner of the district was Rizwan Ahmed. Until the early 1970s the district included all the four districts mentioned above as well as the Badin district. This administrative setup was demolished by former President Pervez Musharraf in 2001 when he introduced the local body government.
In 2005, three new districts - Tando Muhammad Khan, Matiari and Tando Allahyar districts were formed out of Hyderabad district.
Map - Hyderabad District (Hyderābād District)
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Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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PKR | Pakistani rupee | ₨ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
PA | Panjabi language |
PS | Pashto language |
SD | Sindhi language |
UR | Urdu |