Sindh

Sindh
سنڌ
سندھ
Province of Pakistan
Ranikot Fort "(Great Wall of Pakistan)".
Ranikot Fort "(Great Wall of Pakistan)".
Flag of Sindh
Flag
Official seal of Sindh
Seal
Location of Sindh in Pakistan
Location of Sindh in Pakistan
Map of Sindh, Pakistan
Map of Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates: 24°52′12″N 67°33′00″E / 24.87000°N 67.55000°E / 24.87000; 67.55000
CountryPakistan
Established1 July 1970
CapitalKarachi
Largest cityKarachi
Government
 • TypeProvince
 • BodyProvincial Assembly
 • High CourtSindh High Court
Area
 • Total140,914 km2 (54,407 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 census preliminary)
 • Total55,245,497
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Main Language(s)
Other: Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Saraiki
Assembly seats168
Districts27
Towns119
Union Councils1108
Websitesindh.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.

References

  1. ↑ "Sind - type and level of administrative division". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 2009-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Percentage Distribution of Households by Language Usually Spoken and Region/Province, 1998 Census" (PDF). Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2008. Federal Bureau of Statistics - Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Sindh (province, Pakistan)" at Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ "About Sindh Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine" at SindhToday.net
  5. ↑ "Provincial Assembly Seats". Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  6. ↑ "Government of Sindh". Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  7. ↑ https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/ancient-india/a/the-indus-river-valley-civilizations#:~:text=There%20is%20evidence%20of%20settlement,from%201900%20to%201300%20BCE.
  8. ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hind

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