Dadu District
Dadu District
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Dadu is located in the west of Sindh | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Division | Hyderabad Division |
| Established | 1931 |
| Founded by | British Raj |
| Headquarters | Dadu |
| Administrative Subdivisions | 04
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| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | S Murtaza Ali Shah |
| • Constituensy | NA-227 Dadu-I NA-228 Dadu-II |
| Area | |
| 7,866 km2 (3,037 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023) | |
| 1,742,307 | |
| • Density | 221.50/km2 (573.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 439,034 (25.20%) |
| • Rural | 1,303,286 |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | |
| NWD (area) code | 025 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
Dadu District (Sindhi: ضلعو دادو), (Urdu: ضلع دادو) is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters in the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils from Karachi District and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana District. In 2004, several talukas in the south were split off to create the new Jamshoro District. Its boundary touches four districts of Sindh: Jamshoro, Naushahro Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Kamber Shahdadkot.
The main languages spoken in Dadu are Sindhi, Balochi and Urdu. Some of the popular tourist attractions in the district include the Gorakh Hill and Manchar Lake.