Windar

{{Short description|Pakistani town}}

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| name = Windar

| official_name = Winder

| settlement_type = Town

| native_name = {{langx|bal|{{Nastaliq|ونڈر}}}}

| image_skyline = Winder.jpg

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| image_caption = The N-25 National Highway passes directly through the town of Winder.

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Balochistan

| subdivision_type2 = Division

| subdivision_name2 = Qalat

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Hub

| subdivision_type4 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name4 = Sonmiani

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| population_as_of = 2023

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |last1=Brinkhoff |first1=Thomas |title=Urban Localities in Lasbela (Balochistan, Pakistan) |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/balochistan/215__lasbela/ |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=24 May 2025 |language=en |date=16 August 2024}}

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| population_total = 35,245

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| coordinates = {{Coord|25|23|14|N|66|39|55|E|display=it}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Windar Camp, Pakistan Page |url=https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/02/Windar_Camp.html |website=fallingrain.com |publisher=Falling Rain Software |access-date=24 May 2025}}

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| timezone = PST

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Windar (also spelled Winder; {{langx|bal|{{Nastaliq|ونڈر}}}}, {{Langx|lss|وندر}}) is the administrative capital of Sonmiani Tehsil in Hub District, located in Balochistan, Pakistan.[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=81&dn=Lasbella Tehsils & Unions in the District of Lasbella -Government of Pakistan] As of the most recent data, the town has a population of 35,245. It is after Hub the second largest town in the district. The N-25 National Highway, the principal road link between Karachi and the rest of Balochistan, passes directly through the town of Winder.

The majority of residents are Sindhi, primarily (Lasi, Med, Lohana, Khoja) communities, while Baloch and Brahui make up smaller portions of the population.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Population

{{Historical populations|1951|...|1961|...|1972|...|1981|...|1998|11569|2017|29,598|2023|35,245|title=|type=|align=left|direction=|width=|state=|shading=|pop_name=|percentages=pagr|source={{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population_census/Administrative%20Units.pdf|title=AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|access-date=14 May 2018}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025}}}}

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