Metroji clue #64

Karachi in five emoji

Pakistan

A fishing village of a few thousand in 1840 and a city of over fifteen million now. It was the capital until 1959 and has never entirely accepted losing the job.

What each emoji refers to

Truck and bus art here is a paid trade, with painted panels, mirrorwork and chains hung along the bumper.
The port handles the large majority of the country's sea trade.
Nihari is a slow-cooked beef stew eaten at breakfast, which surprises visitors more than it should.
Growth has been by arrival rather than birth. Partition, then Afghanistan, then the rural interior.
Camels are walked along Clifton Beach in the evenings, decorated, for rides.

Karachi at a glance

Country
Pakistan
Coordinates
24.86Β° N, 67.00Β° E
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Karachi.

City Distance Direction
MumbaiIndia 880 km
MuscatOman 890 km
LahorePakistan 1,030 km
New DelhiIndia 1,100 km
KabulAfghanistan 1,100 km
IslamabadPakistan 1,140 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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