SITE Town

SITE Town سائٹ ٹاؤن
Town of Karachi
SITE Town was divided into 9 Union Councils
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	14 August 2001
Union Councils	9 Pak Colony Old Golimar Jahanabad Metrovil Bhawani Chali Frontier Colony Banaras Colony Qasba Colony Islamia Colony
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Town Administrator	Imran Aslam Khan
Population  (1998)
• Total	467,560 [1]
Office Location	D-1 SITE, Mangopir Road, Karachi.

SITE Town (Urdu : سائٹ ٹاؤن), located in the southern part of Karachi, Pakistan, is named after the Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate. It was established in 2001 under the Local Government Ordinance and subdivided into nine union councils. In 2011, the town system was abolished, and SITE Town became part of Karachi West District. However, following Karachi's reorganisation into 26 towns in 2022, SITE became part of Kemari District, after Kemari District was carved out of Karachi West District in 2020. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Location

SITE Town was located western part of Karachi, Pakistan and was named after the Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate (SITE) area. ^[1] The town was bordered by Gadap Town to the north, Liaquatabad Town and North Nazimabad Town to the east across the Orangi Nala stream, Lyari Town and Saddar Town to the south across the Lyari River and Kiamari Town to the west. Also neighbouring the town were Baldia Town and Orangi Town to the northwest.

History

2000

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including SITE Town.

2011

In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.

2015

In 2015, SITE Town was re-organized as part of Karachi West district.

Neighborhoods

• Banaras Colony ^[6]
• Bhawani Chali
• Chittagong Colony
• Frontier Colony
• Haroonabad ^[1]
• Islamia Colony ^[6]
• Jahanabad ^[1]
• Golimar
• Metroville
• Old Golimar
• Tehseen Town
• Pak Colony ^[1]
• Qasba Colony ^[6]
• Pathan Colony
• Mastan Chali
• Qaim Khani Colony

See also

• Karachi Local Government
• SITE Industrial Area
• Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate

References

1. Karachi: SITE Town: mix of communities Dawn (newspaper), Published 10 August 2005, Retrieved 19 April 2023
2. "Division of Karachi into 26 towns, 233 UCs (Union Councils) notified (by the Sindh government)". Dawn (newspaper). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
3. "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix". Samaa TV News website. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
4. "Ruckus in Sindh Assembly as opposition protests Kemari district decision". Pakistan Today (newspaper). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". The Nation (newspaper). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
6. "SITE Town". Karachi City Government website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

External links

• Karachi Metropolitan Corporation official website Archived

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