town, southern Sindh province, southeastern Pakistan. The town, founded in 1750, lies in swampy deltaic land east of the Indus River. Rice is the major crop in the region. Badīn has a sugar mill and rice mills and is the terminus of the Hyderābād-Badīn railway. Exploitation of oil and natural gas resources was begun in the mid-1990s. Pop. (1998 prelim.) 61,302.