Ormara, Pakistan
اورماڑہ
Ormara is a town of 13,026 people in Balochistan, Pakistan, founded in 1970.
Why visit Ormara
Townapedia lists 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Ormara Turtle Beaches.
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About Ormara
Ormara (Balochi and Urdu: اورماڑا, Urdu pronunciation: [oːɾmɑːɽɑː]) is a town and tehsil in Gwadar District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is a port in the Makran coastal region. It is located 360 kilometres (220 mi) west of Karachi and 230 kilometres (140 mi) east of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. This port is also mentioned in Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as Oraea.
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History
Ormara is located on the Makran Coastal Highway, midway between Karachi and Gwadar. Its historical routes are linked with Alexander the Great, who stayed there with his army for a few days on his way back from the Indus region after conquering the lands of Sindh, Punjab and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions of modern-day Pakistan in 400 BC. One of his generals, Ormoz, died there, and the present-day city was named after him.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Ormara Airport (ORW) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 9 km away.
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Ormara Bay, Bilal Mirza ( Billmirza at en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Double crecent beach view, Salman, CC BY-SA 4.0
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