Dokri

Dokri

ڏوڪري
Lab-e-Darya
Dokri ڏوڪري Lab-e-Darya
Town
	Dokri Location in Pakistan
	Coordinates: 27°22′29″N 68°05′50″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Region	Sindh
District	Larkano
Capital	Dokri
Towns	2
Union Councils	13
Area
• Total	4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Highest elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	522,391
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)
Area code(s)	074

Dokri (Sindhi: ڏوڪري D̤okrī) is a town in Larkana District, Sindh province of Pakistan and is the capital town of the Dokri Taluka.[1] The town is located at 27° 22' 29" N 68° 05' 50" E and has an elevation of 39 metres.[2] Mohenjodaro is situated 7 km away in East-South of the Dokri town. The town has been the scene of several leftist and progressive movements in the past.[3] There are girls and boys primary and secondary schools and colleges in the town. Rice Research Institute is situated in the west of the town along Mohen-jo-Daro Railway Station road. Dokri is famous for rice production in Asia due to the hot & humid climatic conditions. Dokri is taluka headquarters since 1906. Dokri is the one of the oldest town in sindh. There are many social organizations working here. In the every field of life Dokrian plays vital role.[4] Samtiya is the union Council of dokri the population of samtiya is around 3483 there are seven castes living kaandhra is major caste of samtiya and there are also 6 other castes living they are Soomra,Chana, Mashie,Khokhar,Malah and Gadhi Mola Bux Kandhro is the president of UC Samtiya There are 3 Schools in Samtiya Government Boys Primary School Samtiya, Government Girls Primary School Samtiya and Government Middle school Samtiya.

Other towns near Dokri

These are the closest towns with coordinates to this town.

Garello (4.3 miles / 7.0 km N/NW)
Badah (6.0 miles / 9.7 km SW)
Samtiya (10.7 miles / 17.3 km S/SW)
Nasirabad (11.6 miles / 18.7 km W)
Larkana (14.1 miles / 22.8 km N/NE)
Kambar (16.0 miles / 25.7 km N/NW)
Radhan (16.6 miles / 26.7 km S/SW)
Warah (19.0 miles / 30.6 km W/NW)
Sobhodero (19.2 miles / 30.9 km E/SE)
Hingorja (22.3 miles / 36.0 km E/SE)
Mehar (22.5 miles / 36.2 km SW)

References

Union Administrations of Taluka Dokri Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
"Location of Dokri - Falling Rain Genomics". Fallingrain.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
Dokri in a shambles - Dawn Pakistan Archived July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Wiesmann, U. N.; DiDonato, S.; Herschkowitz, N. N. (1975-10-27). "Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1338–1343. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 4.

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[1] Union Administrations of Taluka Dokri Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Location of Dokri - Falling Rain Genomics". Fallingrain.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

[Dawn-3] Dokri in a shambles - Dawn Pakistan Archived July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Wiesmann, U. N.; DiDonato, S.; Herschkowitz, N. N. (1975-10-27). "Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1338–1343. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 4.