Shahdadkot
Sign in to saveShahdadkot (; ) is the most populated and largest Tehsil of Qambar Shahdadkot District of Sindh, Pakistan. It was named after the town founder Shahdad Khan Khuhawar. It is located around 51 kilometres northwest of Larkana and 34 kilometers north of Qambar. The town is in close proximity to three districts of Balochistan namely Khuzdar, Jhal Magsi and Usta Muhammad in the west and north of the district. It is linked on the M-8 motorway (Pakistan) route between Gwadar and Ratodero.
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- Locality
- شہدادکوٹ
- Region
- سندھ
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 120,687
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shahdadkot
- Settlement.official_name
- Shahdadkot Talka
- Settlement.native_name
- شھدادڪوٽ
- Settlement.nickname
- Kambar Shahdadkot
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Talka,Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Water supply shahdadkot.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Water Supply Shahdadkot
- Settlement.image_map
- Map of Sindh - Handbook of the Punjab, western Rajputana, Kashmir, and upper Sindh - John Murray pg 296.jpg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150
- Settlement.map_caption
- On the upper side of Sindh, Touches the Balochistan
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sindh Pakistan#Pakistan#Asia#Earth
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- شھدادڪوٽ جو مقام
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Larkana Division
- Settlement.blank2_name_sec1
- Local Languages
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Qambar Shahdadkot District
- Population
- 90000
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Health challenges
- Contaminated water
- HIV outbreak
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- References
- External links
Shahdadkot (; ) is the most populated and largest Tehsil of Qambar Shahdadkot District of Sindh, Pakistan. It was named after the town founder Shahdad Khan Khuhawar. It is located around 51 kilometres northwest of Larkana and 34 kilometers north of Qambar. The town is in close proximity to three districts of Balochistan namely Khuzdar, Jhal Magsi and Usta Muhammad in the west and north of the district. It is linked on the M-8 motorway (Pakistan) route between Gwadar and Ratodero.
Town is also a political stronghold of Pakistan People's Party since 1970. The town was also the constituency of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto. PPP MPA Meer Nadir Khan Magsi has been elected for more than 3 decades now.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shahdadkot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.