Khairpur

Pakistan / Sind / Khairpur / N-5 National Highway

Khaipur is a district located along a canal fifteen miles east of The River Indus, twenty miles south of Sukkur city, in Sindh province in Southren Pakistan.
In 1981, its population was 61,447. Khairpur trades in wheat, cotton, tobacco, and dates and is linked by road and rail to Karachi. Manufactures include textiles, carpets, refined sugar, and leather goods.
The city was the capital of the former princely state of Khairpur, which was founded in 1783 by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur and merged into Pakistan in 1955. It is a cultural center with fine historic buildings, notably the Faiz Palace, Kot Diji Fort, and Shah Abdul Latif University.

Khairpur
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Coordinates:   27°31'43"N   68°45'1"E
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