Mirpur Khas District
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Mirpur Khas District is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It had a population of 1,569,030 of which 18.60% were urban in 1998. [1]
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After the capture of Sindh by the British, they created District Tharparkar in Southeastern Sindh for administrative purposes. Later, after the creation of Pakistan, some area on the northern side was detached from the original Tharparkar District and named Sanghar District. Later, due to political and administratve reasons, the remaining part of Tharparkar was divided again into three more districts: (1) Mirpurkhas District (with headquarters at Mirpurkhas), (2) Tharparkar District (with headquarter at Mithi) and (3) Umerkot District.
Mirpurkhas District derives its name from the town of Mirpurkhas, founded by Mir Ali Murad Talpur in 1806.
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