Pakistan
Sindh
Thatta District

Makli Necropolis

Makli Necropolis is one of the largest funerary sites in the world, spread over an area of 10 kilometres near the city of , in the province of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: necropolis in Sindh, Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Islamic necropolis” and “Makli Hill Necropolis”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Masjid Shah Jahan.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Shah Jahan Mosque, also known as the Jamia Masjid of Thatta, serves as the central mosque for the city of , in the Pakistani province of . is situated 3 km east of Makli Necropolis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thatta.

Photo: Saqib, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The historical town of Sindh, , just east of Karachi, is of great antiquity. It was the capital of Sindh for many centuries, and has gained national prominence largely as a result of the imposing necropolis of Makli Hill, which provides a unique view of civilization in Sindh from the 14th-18th century, and secondarily, the marvellous 16th-century Shah Jahan Mosque.

Makli Necropolis

Latitude
24.753° or 24° 45′ 11″ north
Longitude
67.90028° or 67° 54′ 1″ east
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
7JP9QW32+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2960151105
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1344765
Wiki­data ID
Q155043
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Makli Necropolis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقابر مكلي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Makli nekropolu”
  • Basque: “Makli”
  • Bengali: “মাকলি সমাধিক্ষেত্র”
  • Burmese: “မက်ခလီဂူသင်္ချိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Makli”
  • Chinese: “塔塔城的歷史建築”
  • Chinese: “馬克利墓葬羣”
  • Chinese: “馬克利墓葬群”
  • Chinese: “马克利墓葬群”
  • Croatian: “Makli”
  • Finnish: “Makli”
  • French: “Makli”
  • Gujarati: “મકલી ટેકરી”
  • Hausa: “Makli Necropolis”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות מכלי”
  • Italian: “Makli Necropolis”
  • Italian: “Necropoli di Makli”
  • Kashmiri: “مَکلی نؠکروپولِس”
  • Maithili: “मकली पर्वत”
  • Malayalam: “മക്ലി ഹിൽ”
  • Maltese: “Monumenti Storiċi ta‘ Makli”
  • Maltese: “Monumenti Storiċi ta’ Makli”
  • Maltese: “Nekropoli ta‘ Makli”
  • Nepali: “मकली चिहान”
  • Nepali: “मकली पर्वत”
  • Persian: “گورستان مکلی”
  • Portuguese: “Necrópole de Makli”
  • Russian: “Макли”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Makli”
  • Sindhi: “مڪلي”
  • Slovenian: “Nekropola Makli”
  • Spanish: “Colina de Makli”
  • Spanish: “Makli”
  • Tagalog: “Makli Hill”
  • Tagalog: “Nekropolis ng Makli”
  • Turkish: “Makli Tepe”
  • Urdu: “مکلی قبرستان”
  • Vietnamese: “Đồi Makli”
  • Western Panjabi: “مکلی قبرستان”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Makli Necropolis”. Photo: Usman.pg, CC BY-SA 3.0.