Mirokhan

Mirokhan
Mirokhan
	Coordinates: 27°45′35″N68°05′30″E / 27.75972°N 68.09167°E Coordinates: 27°45′35″N68°05′30″E / 27.75972°N 68.09167°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
District	Qambar Shahdadkot District
Tehsil	Mirokhan Tehsil
Tehsil created	1915
Government
• Type	Commissioner system
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Population
• Total	10,590
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Area code(s)	074

Last updated April 25, 2019

Mirokhan is one of the oldest taluka / tahsil (a district administration or revenue subdivision in India / Pakistan) situated in Qambar Shahdadkot District (Previously Larkana District) of Sindh province of Pakistan. It was established in 1915 and was considered to be the largest tehsil by area before the division of the Larkana district into Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts, its own division into Mirokhan and Sijawal tehsils.

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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212,742,631 people. In area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometres. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the far northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

Qambar Shahdadkot District is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. District Qambar Shahdadkot, with headquarters at Qambar, was established on 13 December 2004. Taluka Qambar and Shahdadkot were part of Larkana district since long before they were combined and made one whole district for administrative purposes. At first it was named only Qambar but due to the dissent of people of Shahdadkot city, the name Shahdadkot was also added. The district was created in the tenure of Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim who is accused of creating this district for political gains and to weaken the stronghold of Pakistan People's Party in the area because Shahdadkot has been the electoral constituency for Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. The creation of the district benefitted Chandios who are the landlords of Qambar Shahdadkot. In 2005, Nawab Shabbir Khan Chandio became the first elected nazim of the newly created district.

Mohenjo-daro is an archaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major cities, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoan Crete, and Norte Chico. Mohenjo-daro was abandoned in the 19th century BCE as the Indus Valley Civilization declined, and the site was not rediscovered until the 1920s. Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of the city, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. The site is currently threatened by erosion and improper restoration.

The town is connected by road directly to Qambar, Sijawal Junejo, Shahdadkot, Ratodero and Larkana. Mirokhan has various types of academic institutes from primary level to diploma-awarding colleges for both boys and girls.

Ratodero (town) is the capital of Ratodero Taluka a sub-division of Larkana District in the Sindh province of Pakistan; it is some 28 km from the district capital Larkana. Since independence of Pakistan, the city has a special reputation for its sweet products. The most special is known as Mawa and handmade caps known as Sindhi topi and footwear. At present the principal trade of the town is that of paddy and rice, and there are many rice mills.

Many people from different caste backgrounds live in the city including, Tunio, Bhatti, Gopang (Baloch), Magsi (Baloch), Chandio (Baloch), Laghari (Baloch) and Abro (Sindhi) casts. There are many villages in its surroundings, such as densely populated Nau Thaaro Wadho.

Arzi Bhutto Square is considered as Mirokhan's business centre.

Geography

Mirokhan is situated at Latitude 27,7667 (2746'0.120"N) and Longitude 68,1000 (685'60.000"E).^[1] It is situated in North-western Sindh.

Climate

Mirokhan is in Monsoon climatic region. Summer is extremely hot as temperature reaches at 53 °C and winter is a little cool as temperature drops to -2 °C. This hot weather sometime cost human lives. Hot weather keeps many in the city to remain at home, several cases of fainting are occasionally reported.^[2] Hot days continue from May till September, followed by Monsoon Rains, sometime bringing floods in the nearby areas.^[3] Monsoon season starts from July and continues till September and brings Torrential Rains. Pre-Monsoon also occurs occasionally in the month of June while post-Monsoon occurs rarely.

Duststorms are also very common in summer and monsoon seasons, especially from March to September.

Demographics

Religions in Mirokhan
Religions			Percent
Islam			99.5%
Others			0.5%

The majority of the population of both the town and & the tehsil of Mirokhan speak the native Sindhi language. Urdu and English are also widely spoken and understood. Saraiki, Balochi, Punjabi and Brahui are also spoken in the city.

Sindhi language Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia

Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language of the historical Sindh region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, spoken by the Sindhi people. It is the official language of the Pakistani province of Sindh. In India, Sindhi is one of the scheduled languages officially recognized by the central government, though Sindhi is not an official language of any of the states in India.

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and eventually became a global lingua franca. It is named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, as England. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula in the Baltic Sea. The language is closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, and its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Norse, and to a greater extent by Latin and French.

Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group, spoken in the south-western half of the province of Punjab in Pakistan. Saraiki is to a high degree mutually intelligible with Standard Punjabi and shares with it a large portion of its vocabulary and morphology. At the same time in its phonology it is radically different, and has important grammatical features in common with the Sindhi language spoken to the south.

Economy

Mirokhan is surrounded by a fertile land, where mainly rice and wheat, including potatoes, melons, olives, oranges, peas, carrots, cucumber, mangoes and guava are also cultivated.

Transport

Moenjodaro Airport is located near the ancient site of Mohen-jo-daro, 56 km away to the south west of the town Mirokhan. Mirokhan is connected via land buses to most towns in the surroundings, including Larkana, Sijawal Junejo, Shahdadkot, Ratodero and Qambar. Passenger buses run between Mirokhan and Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Gharhi Khairo.

Sports

Many domestic and international games are played in the town, including Cricket. Mirokhan has a sports stadium.

Health

Mirokhan tehsil headquarter has secondary care hospital, with many specialists for the local people.

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References

↑ Geography, Larkana. http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?n=Miro%20Khan&p=10590 . Retrieved 22 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Cases, Fainting. http://www.dawn.com/news/105094/hottest-day-in-larkana . Retrieved 22 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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1. Pakistan 2. Sindh 3. Larkana District 4. Qambar Shahdadkot District 5. Qambar 6. Shahdadkot 7. Ratodero

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[1] Geography, Larkana. http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?n=Miro%20Khan&p=10590 . Retrieved 22 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] Cases, Fainting. http://www.dawn.com/news/105094/hottest-day-in-larkana . Retrieved 22 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] Weather, Climate. Dawn http://www.dawn.com/news/1012162/larkana-remains-hottest-place-in-country . Retrieved 22 October 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)