Data Nagar

Data Nagar (Urdu: داتا نگر‎) is a neighbourhood in the Orangi municipality of Karachi, Pakistan.[1] It is administered as part of Karachi West district, but was part of the Orangi Town borough until that was disbanded in 2011.

The neighbourhood was named after a famous Sufi, Hazrat Bābā Farīduddīn Mas'ūd Data Ganjshakar.

There are several ethnic groups in Orangi Town including Muhajirs, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.

References
  1. Orangi Town - Government of Karachi Archived June 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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