Rohri
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Rohri is a town of Sukkur District
Sukkur District
Sukkur district is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. It is divided into 4 administrative strata , namely; Sukkur City, Rohri, Saleh Pat and Pano Aqil. Among them Sukkur city and new Sukkur are urban centre while Pano Aqil is famous for having one of largest military cantonment of the country...

, Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

 province, Pakistan. It is located at 27°40'60N 68°54'0E, on the east bank of the Indus River
Indus River
The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

. Rohri town is the administrative headquarters of Rohri Taluka
Rohri Taluka
Rohri Taluka is an administrative subdivision of Sukkur District in the Sindh province of Pakistan, the town of Rohri is the capital.-Administration:Rohri Taluka is administratively subdivided into 11 Union Councils. -References:External link...

, a tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

of Sukkur District with which it forms a metropolitan area. Rohri was one of the worst affected provinces in the pakistan floods in 2010 that displaced more than 20 million from the Sindh and Punjab regions.
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