Thatta is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh, and was the medieval capital of Sindh, serving as the seat of power for three successive dynasties; its construction was ordered by Jam Nizamuddin II in 1495. The city's Makli Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the world's largest cemeteries with numerous monumental tombs built between the 14th and 18th centuries, and its 17th century Shah Jahan Mosque is richly embellished with decorative tiles.
Facts
Latitude24.746117 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Thatta (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_totalQuote, Infobox: population_total
51,723
2. Thatta (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 24.746117, longitude 67.924336
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Thatta - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1163582
24.74745 67.92353 P PPLA2 PK 05 1163570 44302 17 Asia/Karachi
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 17 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 24.75, 67.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 24.75, 67.75
24.75 67.75 BWh
Wikidata: Thatta
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