The Clifton Cantonment (Urdu: کلفٹن چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town within the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[2][3]
Clifton Cantonment | |
|---|---|
 Defence, Clifton Cantonment | |
 | |
| Coordinates: 24.803896°N 67.063106°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| City District | Karachi |
| Established | 9 August 1980 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Cantonment Board Clifton |
| • Chief Executive Officer | Muhammad Saleem Hassan Wattoo[1] |
| Population (1998) | |
• Total | 225,000 |
| Website | cbc |
It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army during 19th century British India, and was taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply and electricity, and is outside of the jurisdiction of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Cantonment Board Clifton provides municipal services.
Neighbourhoods
- PNT Colony (Samieya Town)[4]
- Bukhshan Village
- Chandio Village
- Chaudhry Khaliquz Zaman Colony
- Clifton (Karachi)
- Clifton Block-7
- Clifton Block-8
- Clifton Block-9
- DHA, Karachi or (Defence Housing Authority, Karachi)[5]
- DHA City, Karachi
- DHA Suffa University
- DHA Phase I[5]
- DHA Phase II[5]
- DHA Phase III
- DHA Phase IV[5]
- DHA Phase V
- DHA Phase VI
- DHA Phase VII[5]
- Delhi Colony[4]
- Gizri Creek
- Gizri
- Madinabad
- Pak Jamhuria Colony
- Punjab Colony[4]
Important roads
- Korangi Road
- Sunset Boulevard
- Khayaban-e-Jami
- Khayaban-e-Ittehad
- Khayaban-e-Bahria
- Khayaban-e-Badban
- Khayaban-e-Hilal
- Khayaban-e-Shahbaz
- Khayaban-e-Sehar
- Khayaban-e-Rahat
- Khayaban-e-Muhafiz
- Khayaban-e-Bukhari
- Khayaban-e-Nishat
- Commercial Avenue
- Khayaban-e-Hafiz
- Khayaban-e-Muslim
- Khayaban-e-Shaheen
- Khayaban-e-Shujaat
- 26th Street
- Saba Avenue
- Beach Avenue
- Khayaban-e-Mujahid
- Khayaban-e-Janbaz
- Khayaban-e-Shamsheer
- Khayaban-e-Tanzeem
- Khayaban-e-Tauheed
- Khayabane-e-Amir Khusro
- Khayaban-e-Tariq
- Khaliq-uz-Zaman
- Gizri Road[4]
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
