Mithi

Mithi (Sindhi: مٺي, Urdu: مِٹهّى‎), is the capital of Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Location

The town is located at 24°74'0N 69°80'0E with an altitude of 28 metres (92 feet),[3] lying 278 kilometres from Karachi and is located in a beautiful desert area.

History

Mithi was made the capital of Tharparkar District in 1990, when the district was separated from Mirpur Khas to form a new District.^[1]

It is mentioned by James Tod^[2]: Mitti or Mittri-ka-kot — A town of six hundred houses in Dhat, or the division of Umarkot belonging to Haidarabad ; a relative of whose prince, with the title of Nawab, resides here ; a place of great commerce, and also of transit for the caravans ; a fortified mahall to the south-west. When the Shah of Kabul used to invade Sind, the Haidarabad prince always took refuge here with his family and valuables. The sand-hills are immensely high and formidable.