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{{Short description|City in Sindh, Pakistan}}
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| name                    = Kotri 
| settlement_type         =[[City]] 
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Sindh]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Jamshoro District|Jamshoro]]
| population_total        =106,615
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|population_rank=[[List of largest cities in Pakistan|118th, Pakistan]]
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'''Kotri''' ({{langx|sd|{{naskh|ڪوٽڙي}}}}, {{langx|ur|{{nq|کوٹری}}}}) is a city and the headquarters of the [[Kotri Taluka]] of [[Jamshoro District]] of [[Sindh]] province in Pakistan.<ref name=Kotri>{{cite web|url=http://www.dadu.sdnpk.org/dd5.htm |title=Historical Places of Dadu|website= Population Census Organisation, Government of Pakistan website| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918085401/http://www.dadu.sdnpk.org/dd5.htm |archive-date=2008-09-18|access-date=9 April 2023|url-status=dead }}</ref> Located on the right bank of the [[Indus River]], it is the 118th [[List of cities in Pakistan by population|most populous city in Pakistan]].<ref name=city/>

==Name==
The name ''Koṭri'' is the diminutive form of the word ''koṭ'', meaning "fort"; thus, the name means "little fort".<ref name="Gidwani">{{cite journal |last1=Gidwani |first1=Parso J. |title=Place-Names of Sindh |journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute |date=1990 |volume=49 |pages=153–156 |jstor=42930281 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
As per the [[2023 Census of Pakistan]], the population of Kotri city was recorded as 106,615. According to the [[1998 Pakistan Census|1998 Census]], the population of the city was 62,085.<ref name=city/>{{Historical populations|1951|15154|1961|20262|1972|29746|1981|39390|1998|62085|2017|101,124|2023|106,615|align=center|percentages=center|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://repository.lahoreschool.edu.pk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/13673/Administrative%20Units.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |publisher = [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>}}

==Economy==
Kotri is a hub for textile production and fishing.<ref name="fishing">{{cite journal|title=Socio-economic well-being through fishing in Kotri downstream: should the river be kept on flowing?|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315662008_Socio-Economic_Well-Being_Through_Fishing_In_Kotri_Downstream_Should_The_River_Be_Kept_On_Flowing|last=Makhdoom|first=Tayyaba Rafique|last2=Shah|first2=Syed Abdul Sattar|last3=Makhdoom|first3=Faiza|year=2016|journal=The Government: Research Journal of Political Science|volume=5|pages=195–209}}</ref>

==Education==

===Universities===
*[[Mehran University of Engineering and Technology]]
*[[University of Sindh ]] [[Jamshoro]]
* [[Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences]]

==Notable people==
*[[Ali Baba (writer)|Ali Muhammad]] (1940 – 8 August 2016), known professionally as Ali Baba (Sindhi: علي بابا, Urdu: علی بابا), was a notable Sindhi-language drama writer and novelist. He was born in Kotri. He died on 8 August 2016 due to a heart attack in his home at Karachi.

==References==
{{Commons category|Kotri}}
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{{Pakistani cities}}
{{Jamshoro District}}

[[Category:Populated places in Jamshoro District]]
[[Category:Tehsils of Jamshoro District]]