Gaddani

Gaddani

Gaddani or Gadani is a small coastal city of Lasbela District located in the southern part of Baluchistan along the Arabian Sea, Pakistan. It is a also a Union Council of Hub Tehsil [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=81&dn=Lasbella Tehsils & Unions in the District of Lasbella - Government of Pakistan] ] and is just 1 hour drive away from Karachi, Sindh. The population of Gaddani is estimated to be over 100,000 in 2005. More than 97% of the population is Muslim with small Hindu minority. The majority of population speaks Balochi and there is a large Sindhi speaking minority. In Gadani majority of the population speaks a language named Lasi, this language is derived from Sindhi or Jadgali.

Many prehistoric shell-midden sites were discovered along the shores of a small bay, near Gaddani. They are characterized of heaps of fragments of marine and mangrove shells among which are flint and jasper tools and stone querns. The first radiocarbon dates obtained from these maddens indicate they result from the activity of people who settled along the coast both during the seventh and the fifth millennia before present.

See also

* Lasbela District
* Gaddani Beach
* Gadani Ship-breaking Yard
* Gadani Fish Harbour

References

External links

* [http://www.lasbeladistrictgovt.com/ Lasbela District Government]
* [http://www.lasbeladistrictgovt.com/Union%20Council/Union%20Council.htm Union Council of Lasbela District]


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