Samaro

Samaro is a town in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 25°16'60N 69°23'45E and has an altitude of 11 metres (39 feet), [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/5/Samaro2.html Location of Samaro - Falling Rain Genomics] ] the town is the headquarters of a taluka (an administrative subdivision) of Mirpur Khas District. [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/zila_membership/zila_membership_2001_sindh.htm Zila, Tehsil & Town Councils Membership for Sindh] ]

History

During British rule the town was renamed Jamesabad (literally "Jamestown" - not to be confused with Jamesabad in Punjab) and was a subdivision of the old Tharparkar District (which had larger boundaries than today.) [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_051.gifJamesābād - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 45] ]

The taluka of Jamesabad was part of the Bombay Presidency, lying between 24°50′ and 25°28′ N. and 69°14′ and 69°35′E and had an area of 505 square miles. According to the 1901 census the population was 24,038 - an increase almost 5,000 since the 1891 (19,208). The density of 48persons per square mile was considerably above the District average. The taluka contained 184 villages, of which Jamesabad was headquarters. The land revenue and cesses 1903-4 amounted to 3.7 lakhs.

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