Sindh

Sindh سنڌ سندھ
Province of Pakistan
Ranikot Fort "(Great Wall of Pakistan)".
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Location of Sindh in Pakistan
Map of Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates: 24°52′12″N 67°33′00″E
Country	Pakistan
Established	1 July 1970
Capital	Karachi
Largest city	Karachi
Government
• Type	Province
• Body	Provincial Assembly
• High Court	Sindh High Court
Area
• Total	140,914 km2 (54,407 sq mi)
Population  (2012 census preliminary)
• Total	55,245,497
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
Main Language(s)	Sindhi (Provincial) Urdu (National) English (Official) Other: Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Saraiki
Assembly seats	168
Districts	27
Towns	119
Union Councils	1108
Website	sindh.gov.pk

Sindh (Sindhi: سنڌ) (Urdu: صوبہ سندھ) is a province in Pakistan. The provincial capital of Sindh is Karachi. Sindh has a population of 47.9 million people and an area of 54,407 mi² or (140,914 km²). The provincial region of Sindh is larger than Greece but smaller than Tajikistan,

Etymology

The Pakistani province of Sindh and the people inhabiting the region had been designated after the river known in Ancient times as the Sindhu River, now also known by Indus River. In Sanskrit, Sindhu means "river, stream". However, the importance of the river and close phonetically resemblance in nomenclature would make one consider Sindhu as the probable origin of the name of Sindh. Later on phonetically changes transformed Sindhu into Hindu in Old Persian. The Ancient Greeks of Macedon who conquered Indus Valley region rendered it as Indu, or Indós, hence the modern Indus.

History

Sindh (Sindhi: سنڌ) is one of the provinces of Pakistan. Sindh was home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization which is 5,500 years old 'Hind' word is also derived from the words 'Sindh' and while its worth noting that Hind was known because of Sind by the early Persian and Arabs '. On the 26th of June in 1947 Sindh joined Pakistan by a majority vote of members of the 1947 provincial legislature.

Other websites

• Media related to Sindh at Wikimedia Commons
• "Sindh at a glance". Pakistan Almanac.