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Gadani

Field	Value
name	Gadani
native_name
settlement_type	Town
other_name	Gaddani
image_skyline	Gadani Beach, Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan.jpg
imagesize	280
image_caption	Gadani Beach
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Pakistan
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Balochistan
subdivision_type2	Division
subdivision_name2	Kalat
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Hub District
population_as_of	2023 census
population_total	17,540
coordinates
timezone	PST
utc_offset	+5

Gadani () is a coastal town and administrative centre of Gadani Tehsil, Hub District in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located along the Arabian Sea, and lies 50 km west of Karachi. The population of Gadani was estimated to be around 17,540 in 2023. More than 97% of the population is Muslim with a small Hindu minority. The majority of the population speaks the Balochi and Brahui languages and there is a small Lasi speaking minority. They belong to the Sanghur, Kurd, Sajdi, Muhammad Hasni, Gurginari and Bezinjo tribes.

Many prehistoric shell-midden sites were discovered along the shores of a small bay, near Gadani. They are characterized of heaps of fragments of marine and mangrove shells among which are flint and jasper tools and stone querns. The first radiocarbon dates obtained from these middens indicate they result from the activity of people who settled along the coast both during the seventh and the fifth millennium before present.

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Gadani has population of 17,540.

Gadani Power Project

Gadani Power Project (also known as Pakistan Power Park) was a proposed energy complex in Gadani, Balochistan, Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. In August 2013, Pakistani Government announced to establish ten coal power plants of total capacity of 6,600 MW with technical and financial assistance mostly from China. China is providing with debt to cover 85% of the project cost, while the rest of the finances would be arranged by the government of Pakistan. The total cost of the project is PKR 144.6 billion.

10×660 MW coal based power plants at Gadani Energy Park will be constructed, while Chinese have agreed to invest in 6 projects, two projects will be constructed by ANC Dubai and one project has been initiated by Government of Pakistan. The Ciner Group of Turkey has agreed to immediately start work on a 660 MW coal power plant at Gadani.

Port facilities

The Port of Gadani currently comprises the Gadani Fish Harbour and the Gadani Ship Breaking Yard. In August 2019 the federal government announced there would be a feasibility study to look at building a modern port at Gadani.

The Gadani Fish Harbour was built in 2003 as part of a federal government programme to open four fishing ports.

The Gadani Ship Breaking Yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard, and is located immediately south of the town, along a 10 km stretch of beach, with 132 ship-breaking plots.

In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output. It now produces less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.

References

"Gadāni (Lasbela, Balochistan, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
"AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
"URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN".
(24 February 2015). "Gadani power project suspended".
(17 July 2014). "CDWP clears 6,600 MW Pakistan Park Project costing Rs144.6b - The Express Tribune".
"MoU for 1,320MW coal-based plants at Gadani signed « PAKISTAN RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY".
(15 February 2014). "Turkish company agrees to build 660MW power plant in Gaddani - The Express Tribune".
. (8 August 2019). ["Balochistan uplift, CPEC in focus at first NDC meet"](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2031328/1-balochistan-uplift-cpec-focus-first-ndc-meet). *[[The Express Tribune]] (newspaper)*.
(8 August 2002). "Four fish harbours planned". [[Dawn (newspaper).
Rana, Parvaiz Ishfaq. (29 June 2010). "Record 107 ships dismantled at Gaddani". Dawn (newspaper).

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