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Churna Island

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Churna Island

Charna Island (also spelled Churna Island; Urdu: جزیرہ چرنا) is a small, uninhabited Pakistani island located in the Arabian Sea, about 9 km (5.6 mi) west of the mouth of the Hub River called Manjhar Beach, at the provincial border of Balochistan and Sindh. Churna is approximately 1.2 km (0.75 mi) l

ong and 0.5 km (0.31 mi) wide and is part of the Churna–Kaio Islands. Charna is also locally known as Cheerno. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from Mubarak Village. Fishermen from the nearby village of Mubarak Goth go fishing near Churna Island. Mubarak Goth is the second-largest fisherman locality in Karachi; nevertheless, it lacks basic amenities including education, health care, jetties, ownership rights, and communication. On 4 August 2020, the Government of Pakistan released a new political map that for the first time shows the offshore islands of Churna and Astola.

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