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{{Short description|Locality in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Keamari
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = UR
| settlement_type = [[Locality (settlement)|Locality]]
| image_skyline = Kemari Boat Basin, Karachi and Sydenham Passenger Pavilion.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Sydenham Passenger Pavilion at the Keamari Boat Basin was inaugurated in 1914
| etymology =
| nickname = Seaway of Karachi
| image_map =
| map_alt = Pakistan
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Sindh#Pakistan
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| coordinates = {{Coord|24|49|N|66|59|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}}
| population_total =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Pakistan
| subdivision_type1 = Town
| subdivision_name1 =
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| leader_title1 = Constituency
| leader_name1 = [[NA-248 (Karachi West-I)]]
| leader_title2 = National Assembly Member
| leader_name2 = [[Abdul Qadir Patel]] ([[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]])
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'''Keamari''' ({{langx|sd|ڪياماڙي}}, {{langx|ur| کیماڑی }}) is a neighbourhood in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>[http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Kemari Kiamari Town - Government of Karachi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219152730/http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Kemari |date=2006-02-19 }}</ref> Keamari was originally an independent settlement built on a sandy ridge on the eastern side of [[Karachi Harbour]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Office|first=United States Naval Oceanographic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdJHAQAAIAAJ&q=kiamari&pg=PA91|title=Sailing Directions for the West Coast of India: Includes Ceylon and Maldive, and Laccadive Islands|date=1976|language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
Keamari was a low lying island located between [[Manora, Karachi|Manora]] and the city of Karachi well into the colonial era.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ap8IAAAAQAAJ&q=kiamari&pg=PA338|title=A Gazetteer of the Province of Sindh|date=1874|publisher=G. Bell and Sons|language=en}}</ref> During this time, Keamari was the landing point for all goods and people entering Karachi. Kemari's anchorage during the early colonial era was too shallow for large ships, and so those were instead forced to dock at Manora.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpKhAAAAMAAJ&q=kiamari&pg=PA22|title=The Persian Gulf Pilot|date=1875|publisher=J. D. Potter.|language=en}}</ref>
The 3-mile-long Napier Mole Road was built in 1854 as a raised embankment which connected Karachi with Keamari.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/n/019pho000000425u00008000.html Napier Mole Bridge to Keamari in Karachi]</ref> A year earlier in 1853, the Napier obelisk was built to commemorate the late Governor of Sindh, [[Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Napier]]. The British further built a spur of the Sindh Railway to Kemari, which did not follow Napier Mole, but instead along the east part of [[Chinna Creek]].<ref name=":0" /> During the colonial era, Kemari had a naval yard, a government commissariat, post office, customs and railway houses.<ref name=":0" /> In 1865, the 1,200-foot-long iron [[Napier Mole Bridge]] was built as part of an upgrade.<ref name=":0" /> In 1914, the Sydenham Passenger Pavilion at Kemari's Boat Basin was inaugurated by [[Lord Willingdon]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chelmsford (Viscount)|first=Frederic John Napier Thesiger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uH3YBWwGP-oC&q=keamari+%22sydenham%22+1913|title=Speeches: 1916-1917|date=1919|publisher=Printed at the Government Monotype Press|language=en}}</ref> In 1917, the imposing Mules Mansion, designed by Iraqi-Jewish architect [[Moses Somake]], was completed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.diarna.org/site/detail/public/175/|title=Moses Somake: Mules Mansion at Karachi, Pakistan {{!}} Archive {{!}} Diarna.org|website=archive.diarna.org|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
== Neighbourhoods ==
Most of the neighborhoods of the defunct Kemari Town are densely populated with two exceptions. Baba Bhit is composed of three small islands in Karachi harbour that are home to about 5% of the town's population. Further west, Gabo Pat is mostly rural with about 10% of the town population but half of the total town area. There are small villages in the rural area of Kiamari, including:{{columns-list|* [[Abdul Rehman Goth]]
* [[Arbian]]
* [[Baba Bhit]]
* [[Bhutta Village]]
* [[Darvesh Goth]]
* [[Gabo Pat]]
* Goth Faqir Mohammad
* Goth Ghulam Mohammad
* Goth Haji Behram
* [[Goth Haji Jumma Khan]]
* [[Goth Haji Salar]]
* Goth Lashkari
* [[Goth Mauladad]]
* [[Goth Mohammad Ali]]
* [[Goth Shaikhan]]
* [[Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad]]
* [[Haji Ali Goth]]
* [[Jackson Bazar]]
* [[Jamali Goth]]
* [[Kakapir]]
* [[Kiamari]]
* [[KPT Officers Society]]
* [[Machar Colony]]
* [[Maripur]]
* [[Masroor Colony]]
* [[Mubarak Goth]]
* [[Rais Goth]]
* [[Rehman Goth]]
* [[Salehabad, Pakistan|Salehabad]]
* [[Shams Pir]]
* [[Sher Shah (Karachi)|Sher Shah]]
* [[Somar Goth]]
* [[Sultanabad, Karachi|Sultanabad]]|colwidth=20em}}
== Sports ==
Kemari has many semi-professional football teams, including:
* ''Kemari Mohammadan FC''
* ''Kemari Union FC''
* ''Society Brothers FC'' (formed 2010, dissolved 2014)
* ''Mohammad Eleven FC''
* ''Ayaaz Eleven FC''
* ''Usman Shaheed FC'' (Shirin Jinnah Colony)
* ''Northern Loon FC'' (formed 2014, present)
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Karachi map 1911.jpg|In 1911, Keamari was still an island
File:Mules Mansion 02.jpg|Keamari's Mules Mansion built in 1917, was designed by Iraqi-Jewish architect [[Moses Somake]]
File:St. George Church, Keamari, Karachi, Sindh.jpg|St George's church dates from the colonial era
File:Napier Mole Bridge to Keamari -Karachi in 1900-.jpg|The head of Napier Mole Bridge on the mainland
File:Kemari.jpg|A view of Keamari Harbour
File:THE SYDENHAM PASSENGER PAVILION -20th January 1913 at Keamari jetty.jpg|Sydenham Passenger Pavilion, inaugurated in 1914
File:Old Native Jetty Bridge.jpg|Native Jetty bridge in 1900
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[
*[[Keamari District]]
==References==
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{{Neighbourhoods of Karachi}}
[[Category:Neighbourhoods of Karachi]]
[[Category:Kiamari Town]]
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