Mehrabpur (Urdu: محراب پور), (Sindhi:محرابپور), is a city in the Naushahro Firoz District in Sindh province of Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Councils. It has a busy railway station on the main railway line between Karachi and Lahore. It is a junction station with a disused branch line to Naushahro Feroze.
Mehrabpur | |
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City | |
Mehrabpur Sindh Pakistan | |
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Coordinates: 27.099444°N 68.420833°E / 27.099444; 68.420833 | |
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Province | Sindh |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 247,280 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Calling code | 0242 |
Mehrabpur Taluka is administratively further divided into the following 8 Union Councils:
There are more than a dozen villages in Taluka Mehrabpur. Some of them are mentioned below.
On 19 December 2007, at 2:30 am an overcrowded express train traveling from Karachi to Lahore derailed 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Mehrabpur killing over 49 people and injuring two hundreds more. The derailment seems to have been caused by defective rails.[1]
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