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|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|image=Karachi_port_and_harbour_aerial.jpg
|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/search/24.86,67.01/@24.86,67.01,12z/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?hl=en 24°51'3624.0"N 67°00'3686°N 67.0"E01°E]
|altitude= 8 m (26 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi Karachi]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh Sindh]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
|transport=[[Kotri-Rohri Railway]]
}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Karachi|name=Karachi |link=https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=211401480495186034184.0004d1ece46598812fb6d&msa=0&ll=24.861867,67.03505&spn=0.007924,0.00692}}
During the British period '''Karachi''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=15&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_007.gif [Karachi District]] and the capital of the Sind division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] from 1840s until 1936 and as . See [[Bombay Districts]]. [[Sind]] was an independent province from 1936 till Partition in 1947.
== Spelling variants ==
* Hotel Midway House ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM KLM] built)
* Palace Hotel (now Sheraton Hotel)
===Houses===
