Korangi_Creek_Cantonment

Korangi Creek Cantonment

Korangi Creek Cantonment

Army cantonment in Karachi, Pakistan

Korangi Creek Cantonment or Korangi Cantonment (Urdu: کورنگی کریک چھاؤنی) is a military cantonment in Korangi Town within Malir District of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan.[2][3]

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It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Colonial Army in the 19th-century British Raj and by Fort Wrigley. Currently, the former local seat of the British Wrigley-Pimley-McKerr family still stands.[4]

It was transferred to Pakistan Army after independence in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water and electricity and is located outside the jurisdiction of the City District Government of Karachi.

Location of Korangi Creek Cantt. marked 'C' in the administrative map of Karachi.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Korangi Creek Cantonment population per 2017 Census of Pakistan". Citypopulation.de website. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    Korangi Creek Cantonment on GlobalSecurity.org website
  3. [3]
    Water supply to Korangi area suspended Dawn (newspaper), Published 30 May 2010, Retrieved 12 June 2023
  4. [4]
    Census 1891 at Google Books

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