Landhi Korangi Zoo | |
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24°49′36″N 67°09′31″E / 24.826615°N 67.158657°E | |
Date opened | 1990, September 18, 2012 (aquarium)[1] |
Location | Korangi, Landhi Town, Karachi District, Sindh, Pakistan |
Land area | 4 acres (2 ha) |
Memberships | SAZARC |
Korangi Zoo (Urdu: لانڈھی کورنگی چڑیا گھر ) established in 1990, is a zoological garden located at Korangi, Landhi Town, Karachi District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is spread over an area of approximately 4 acres (16,000 m2) and contains a fewer variety of animals compared to Karachi Zoo.[2] The zoo operates under the City District Government Karachi and is a member of SAZARC.
In 2006, 4 million Pakistani rupees were allocated to the Landhi Korangi Zoo for bringing new animals particularly a pair of lions. The management of Karachi Zoo also provided two pairs of plains zebra, one male and two female of the red-necked wallaby, one pair of Arabian oryx and two pairs of ostrich.[3]
In November 2004, construction plans for an aquarium, that had been on hold since 1992, were approved by nazim of the city.[4] In June 2012, administrator of KMC, Muhammad Hussain Syed, told The Nation that the construction was going on speedily inside the Landhi Korangi Zoo.[5] On September 18, 2012, Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan, the Governor of Sindh, later inaugurated the Landhi Korangi Aquarium as the biggest aquarium in Pakistan to date.[1]