Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (Punjabi: پنجاب‬: Punjab.ogg ) is the maist populous province o Pakistan, wi approximately 56% o the kintra's tot population.^[1] Formin maist o the Punjab region, the province is bordered bi Kashmir (Azad Kashmir, Pakistan an Jammu an Kashmir, Indie) tae the north-east, the Indian states o Punjab an Rajasthan tae the east, the Pakistani province o Sindh tae the sooth, the province o Balochistan tae the soothwast, the province o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tae the wast, an the Islamabad Caipital Territory tae the north. The Punjab is hame tae the Punjabis an various ither groups. The main leids are Punjabi an Saraiki^[2] an the dialects o Mewati an Potowari. The name Punjab derives frae the Persian wirds Panj (پنج‬) (Five), an Āb (آب‬) (Water), i.e. (the) Five Waters - referrin tae five tributaries o the Indus River frae which is an aa the oreegin o the name o "India" - thir bein Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas an Sutlej, that flow throu the lairger Punjab.

Punjab is the maist developed, maist populous, an maist prosperous province o Pakistan.^[3][4] Lahore haes tradeetionally been the caipital o Punjab for a thoosan years; it is Punjab's main cultural, historical, admeenistrative an economic center.^[5] Historically, the Punjab region haes been the gateway tae the Indian subcontinent for invaders who came frae Greece, Central Asie, Iran an Afghanistan.^[6] Due tae its stategic location, it haes been pairt o various empires an dynasties throughoot history, includin the Indus Valley Civilization, Aryans, Kushans, Scythians, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, Turks, Ghaznavids, Timurids, Mughals, Afghans, Sikhs an the Breetish.

The Greeks referred tae Punjab as Pentapotamie, an inland delta o five convergin rivers.^[6] In Avesta, the saucrit text o Zoroastrians, the Punjab region is associatit wi the auncient hapta həndu or Sapta Sindhu, the Land o Seiven Rivers.^[7] The Breetish uised tae caw Punjab "Oor Proushie."

Destricts

Main airticle: Destricts o Pakistan § Punjab

Thare are 36 destricts in Punjab, Pakistan.^[8]

Template:Districts of Punjab

Major ceeties

Main airticle: Leet o ceeties in Punjab (Pakistan)

Leet o major ceeties in Punjab
Rank	Ceety	Destrict	Population	Lahore Faisalabad Rawalpindi
1	Lahore	Lahore	7,129,609
2	Faisalabad	Faisalabad	2,880,675
3	Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	1,991,656
4	Multan	Multan	1,606,481
5	Gujranwala	Gujranwala	1,569,090
6	Sargodha	Sargodha	600,501
7	Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	543,929
8	Sialkot	Sialkot	510,863
9	Sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	426,980
10	Jhang	Jhang	372,645
Source: Warld Gazetteer 2010[9]
This is a leet o each ceety's urban populations an daes no indicate tot destrict populations

References

1. "Government of the Punjab". Archived frae the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
2. The Languages of Pakistan
3. The Growing Threat In Pakistan’s Punjab
4. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 22 Januar 2021.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Lahore Cantonment
6. WHKMLA : History of West Punjab
7. "Tajikam Portal - The Lands of the Avesta". Archived frae the original on 28 Januar 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
8. "Government of Punjab - Districts". Archived frae the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
9. "Pakistan: Largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". Archived frae the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 10 Februar 2011.

Freemit airtins

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• Govrenment o the Punjab, Pakistan
• Punjab, Pakistan at Curlie
• Guide o Punjab Archived 2017-09-19 at the Wayback Machine