Jacobabad
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About Jacobabad
Jacobabad, is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city itself is subdivided into eight Union Councils. Sitting far to the northwest of the province, near the provincial boundaries of Sindh and Balochistan, Jacobabad became a city on the site of an existing village (Khangarh), and is crossed by the Pakistan Railways and many main roads of the province. It is the 43rd most populous city in Pakistan.
The city is one of the hottest places on earth, with summer temperatures regularly rising to a mean temperature of 37 °C (99 °F). In particular, compounded by the humidity and climate change, Jacobabad has several times exceeded a wet-bulb temperature of 35 °C (95 °F), above which the human body cannot sufficiently cool itself. Jacobabad has been cited as one of the world's most vulnerable places to global warming, and one where the difference between 1.5 °C and 2 °C can be the difference between life and death.
The city is named after Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812–1858), an officer of...
Jacobabad travel guide
Understand
Jacobabad is named after Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858), an officer of the British East India Company who planned and supervised the transformation of thousands of acres of desert into arable land sourring the city with the excavation of the Begaree Canal.
Climate
The city is one of the hottest places on earth, with summer temperatures regularly rising to a mean temperature of 37 °C (99 °F). In particular, compounded by the humidity and climate change, Jacobabad has been the site exceeding a wet-bulb temperature of 35 °C (95 °F), a temperature where human bodies can no longer cool themselves. The city experiences a short winter during December and January with a daily mean of 15 °C (59 °F) while spring and autumn temperatures are around 25 °C (77 °F) to 30 °C (86 °F).
Getting there
Trains running between Karachi and Quetta calls in Jacobabad, including the Bolan Mail. There are also some trains from northern Pakistan that calls here.
1 Jacobabad Junction railway station. (updated Jun 2022)
See
1 Victoria Tower. Built in 1888. (updated Jun 2022) 2 Grave of John Jacob. (updated Jun 2022) 3 Tomb of Muslim British Soldiers. A tomb, unfortunately quite neglected, dedicated to local Muslim soldiers who enlisted in the British colonial army. (updated Dec 2022) 4 Jamia Mosque (In the village of Usto Bhaledinoabad, 11 km southwest of the city). One of the most decorated mosques in this region, built in 1911. (updated Dec 2022)
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.