What is Khairpur, Pakistan?
{{nosources|date=September 2014}} '''Khairpur''' ({{lang-ur|خیرپور}}, khīr´poor) is the twelfth largest city in the province of [[Sindh]] in southeast [[Pakistan]]. Today it is the capital of [[Khairpur District]]. It was once the capital of the former [[princely state]] of [[State of Khayrpur|Khayrpur]]. ==Population== According to the 1998 census, 102,188 lived there. At the 1981 census, there were only 61,447. In the last census Khairpur city had population of 183,120.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/|access-date=2023-12-01|website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> ==Some important facts== * Khairpur is home to the famous [[Shah Abdul Latif]] University. * The beautiful old [[Faiz Mahal]] palace, once the home of the ruling family of [[Khayrpur (princely state)|Khairpur state]], is also situated here. * The shrine of the famous [[Sindhi]] [[Sufi]] poet and saint, ''Sain'' [[Sachal Sarmast]] is also near the city. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://archive.today/20130105065436/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-2944&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&geo=423132874 World Gazetteer population figures for Khairpur] * [http://www.khairpursindh.org Khairpur Heritage & Welfare NGO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130745/http://www.khairpursindh.org/ |date=2007-09-29 }} * [http://www.ghairat.org Mohammed Sadiq Naqvi - Ghairat Naqvi The Great Poet and Scholar of Khairpur Mirs.]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Asia-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in Sindh]] [[Category:Khairpur District]]