Coordinates: 25°15′N 68°45′E / 25.25°N 68.75°E
| Hyderabad District | |
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| — District — | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Capital | Hyderabad |
| Established | |
| Government | |
| - District Nazim | Kanwar Naveed |
| - District Naib Nazim | Zafar Ali Rajput |
| Population (1998) | |
| - Total | 4,339,445 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| District Council | |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Website | www.hyderabad.gov.pk |
Hyderābād District 
pronunciation (help·info) (Urdu: ضلع حیدر آباد), is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. It used to be an administrative division of the Sindh namely the Hyderabad Division, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. Its capital is the city of Hyderabad. The Kirthar National Park is located in Hyderabad district. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan. it had a population of 4,339,445 of which 50.07% were urban,[1] making it second-most urbanised district of Sindh.
Administration and government
The city of Hyderabad is where the district headquarters are located and the district government is seated. The current nazim is Kanwar Naveed Jamil and the naib nazim is Zafar Ali Rajput. Hyderabad District is administratively subdivided into the following talukhas:[2]
As of 2008, the district Hyderabad enabled its e-Governance platform to support people via the Internet and other new media platforms.
Till some years back, old Hyderabad district included the adjoining dists of present day Hyderabad, Matiari, Tando Allahyar and Tando Muhammad Khan. Even before that till the early 1970s the district Hyderabad incuded all the four districts mentioned above as well as the District Badin.
Demographics
Combined population of these four districts (not including Badin) as per the 1998 census was 2.891M out of which 1.469M people lived in urban while the rest 1.422M people lived in the rural areas. Following are the religious and linguaisitc figures of the old hyderabad district as of 1998:
Religion
Islam: 87.08%
Hinduism: 12.07%
Christianity: 0.61%
Ahmaddiya: 0.13%
Others: 0.10%
Languages
Sindhi: 59.60%
Urdu: 29.61%
Punjabi: 4.02%
Pashto: 1.77%
Balochi: 0.96%
Seraiki: 0.96%
Others: 3.07% (mainly Gujarati/Memons)
However in the urban areas, Urdu speakers form a majority at 56.48% followed by Sindhis at 28.06%
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