{{Infobox settlement | name = Hala | native_name = {{native name|sd|ہالا}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = File:Dargah pir sarhandi.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Dargah Pir Sarhandi | coordinates = {{coord|25.81|68.43|region:PK_type:city|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Sindh#Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = <!-- left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Sindh | population_total = 71,094 | population_as_of = 2023 | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 39 | elevation_m_min = | elevation_m_max = | population_density_km2 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_code = | area_code_type = Calling code | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | website = [http://www.halanew.com/ Official Site] | footnotes = }} '''Hala''' ({{langx|sd|هـالا}}, {{Langx|ur|{{nq|ہالا}}}}) is a city and taluka of Matiari district of Sindh, Pakistan. According to the Revenue record, Hala was given the status of Taluka of Hyderabad District in 1848. In 2005, it became part of Matiari District.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://success.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Matiari-District-profile.pdf|title=Matiari - Brief District Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> Hala is located on the N-5 National Highway of Pakistan at a distance of about 62 kilometers from Hyderabad. Hala is also located on the Tando Adam - Mehrabpur Railway Line but that railway line has been discontinued by Pakistan Railways. As of the 2023 census, the Hala Municipal Corporation has a population of 71,094.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-Sindh.html?cityid=27473|title=Sindh (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web, Information|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> The total population of Hala Taluka is 286,155 (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/pakistan-distr-admin.php?adm2id=82301|title=Hala Taluka in Pakistan|last=|first=|date=|website=City Population|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref> which includes Hala Municipal Corporation, Hala Old, Bhit Shah, Bhanote and surrounding areas.
Hala is famous through the subcontinent for art, glazed colored pottery (Kaashi), woodwork (Jandi), cloth printing, woven cloth (Sussi) and khaddar made on handmade khaddi.
== Demographics == {| class="wikitable" !Census !Population<ref name=":0" /> |- |1972 | style="text-align:right" |18,282 |- |1981 | style="text-align:right" |23,877 |- |1998 | style="text-align:right" |40,377 |- |2017 | style="text-align:right" |65,780 |- |2023 | style="text-align:right" |71,094 |}
==Sufism==
Hala became a leading centre of the Suhrawardi sect of Sufism from the 16th century onwards. It contains the mausoleum of Makhdum Nuh (died ''circa'' 1592), a Suhrawardi Pir,<ref>{{cite book| last= Ansari| first = Sarah F. D.| title=Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947| pages=20, 31| publisher=Cambridge University Press| date=1992| series=Cambridge South Asian Studies| volume=50| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8wrDHqwEFIC&pg=PA31&dq='Makhdum+Nuh'| isbn=9780521405300}}</ref> which attracts pilgrims. Renowned Scholar, poet and politician Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula and his son Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Faheem also belong to this city. In the vicinity of Hala there is another mausoleum of the famous Sufi poet Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai at Bhitshah at the distance of 5 km from Hala City. Bhitshah Town is a sub-office of Taluka Municipal Administration Hala.
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.hala.pk/ Hala New]
Category:Populated places in Matiari District