• Source: Burmee Colony

The Burmee Colony (often referred to as Burmi Colony, Burma Colony) (Urdu: برمی کالونی) () is one of the neighbourhoods of Landhi Subdivisions in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Burmee Colony is a Rohingya-majority neighbourhood in Karachi. Burmee Colony ("Burma Colony" locality) is one of the two main Rohingya settlements in Karachi. The other one is Arkanabad in Karachi. Arkanabad is named after Rakhine State, Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma)
Rohingya Muslims (Urdu: روہنگیا مسلمان), an ethnic group native to Rakhine State, Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma), who have fled their homeland because of the persecution of Muslims by the Burmese government and Buddhist majority.




Population


According to community leaders and social scientists, there are over 1.6 million Bengalis and up to 400,000 Rohingyas living in Karachi.




Demography


There are several ethnic groups residing in this colony including Urdu-speaking people, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis and Christians.




Rohingya/Burmese Muslims


Hundreds of thousands over the past several years Rohingya Muslims (often referred to as Burmese) have made Karachi their home.
This neighborhood is named after the Muslim Rohingyas refugees who hail from Myanmar (formerly Burma).
Large scale Rohingya migration to Karachi made Karachi one of the largest population centres of Rohingyas in the world after Myanmar.
According to community leaders and social scientists, there are over 1.6 million Bengalis and up to 400,000 Rohingyas living in Karachi, which is the highest number after Myanmar and now Bangladesh.




See also


Rohingya people in Pakistan




References






External links


Karachi Website Archived 2002-03-25 at the Wayback Machine.

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• Burmee Colony
• Landhi Town
• Korangi District
• Landhi
• List of Union Councils of Karachi
• Rehri Goth
• Qaidabad
• Safoora Goth
• City District Government Karachi
• KPT Officers Society