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Tharparkar District (Urdu: تھرپارکر
) is one of twenty three districts of Sindh province in Pakistan. Its
headquarter is at Mithi.
It is the only fertile desert in the world. It is in the fertile Rann of
Kutch, as well as in Nara desert.
It is the only district in Pakistan with significant Hindu population.
Muslims constitute over 70% of the population while the Hindus are 30%. At
the time of independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Hindus were 80% while the
Muslims were 20% of the population. The significant number of Hindus
migrated to India during the 1965 and 1971 wars between Pakistan and India.
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Etymology
The district, and the town, derives its name from Thar' and ‘Parkar': the
name 'Thar is from "Thulâ€