Gadap Town

Infobox Settlement
name = Gadap گداپ
settlement_type = Town


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Pakistan
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Sindh
subdivision_type2 = City District
subdivision_name2 = Karachi
parts_type = Union Councils
parts_style = para
parts = 8
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government_type = Town Council
leader_title = Town Nazim
leader_name = Ghulam Murtaza Baloch
leader_title1 = Naib Nazim
leader_name1 = Abdul Sattar Brohi
leader_title2 = Municipal Officer
leader_name2 = Imran Aslam
established_title = Established
established_date = 14th August 2001
area_magnitude = 1 E+6
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population_as_of = 1998
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population_total = 289,564
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website = [http://125.209.91.254/CDGK/LinkClick.aspx?link=216&tabid=72 Gadap Town Page]
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Gadap Town ( _sd. گڏاپ ٽائون) is a town located in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Dadu District and the Kirthar Mountains. It had a population of about 290,000 at the 1998 census, of which 97% are Muslim and include Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.

History

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

Neighbourhoods of Gadap Town

The neighbourhoods of Murad Memon Goth, Gujro, Maymarabad and Yousuf Goth are densely populated whereas the remaining areas are mostly rural, especially Gadap neighbourhood which is the largest union council by area of Karachi.

* Ahsanabad * Darsano Chana * Gabol Town * Gadap * Gujro * Gulshan-e-Maymar * Gulshan-e-Sheraz * Khuda Ki Basti

* Manghopir Hills‎ * Manghopir * Maymarabad * Murad Memon Goth * Songal * Surjani Town * Yousuf Goth

See also

* City District Government
* Karachi
* Lahore

External links

* [http://www.karachicity.gov.pk Official Karachi Website]
* [http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Gadap Official Gadap Webpage]