Jacobabad

Jacobabad is in Northern Sindh.

Understand
Jacobabad is named after Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858), an officer of the British East India Company who planned and supervised the transformation of thousands of acres of desert into arable land sourring the city with the excavation of the Begaree Canal.

Climate
The city is one of the hottest places on earth, with summer temperatures regularly rising to a mean temperature of. In particular, compounded by the humidity and climate change, Jacobabad has been the site exceeding a wet-bulb temperature of, a temperature where human bodies can no longer cool themselves. The city experiences a short winter during December and January with a daily mean of while spring and autumn temperatures are around  to.

Get in
Trains running between Karachi and Quetta calls in Jacobabad, including the Bolan Mail. There are also some trains from northern Pakistan that calls here.