Gujrat, Mianwali

Gujrat (Urdu: گُجرات‎), is a town and union council of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Piplan Tehsil and is located at 32°21'2N 71°17'27E and has an altitude of 186 m (613 ft).

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Coordinates: 32°21′2″N 71°17′27″E / 32.35056°N 71.29083°E / 32.35056; 71.29083

Gujrat City

Gujrat (Punjabi, Urdu: گُجرات‎), is a city in Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the 18th largest city of Pakistan.Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province.

History

The city was established by Moghul Emperor Akbar, King Jahangir in his memos records the following information on Gujrat:

"At the time when His Majesty Akbar went to Kashmir, a fort had been built on the bank of that river. Having brought to this fort a body of Gujars who had passed their time in the neighbourhood in thieving and highway robbery, he established them here. As it had become the abode of Gujars, he made it a separate pargana, and gave it the name of Gujrat."

Demographics

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan the total population of Gujrat district was 2,048,008 of which 1,026,000 are males and 1,022,000 are females, with a population density of 642 persons per square kilometre. Over 25.62% of the population was recorded as being urban.

Geography

Gujrat is an ancient city of Pakistan located between two famous rivers, Jhelum River and Chenab River. It is bounded to the northeast by Jammu and Kashmir, to the northwest by the Jhelum River, to the east and southeast by the Chenab River, separating it from the districts of Gujranwala and Sialkot; and to the west by Mandi Bahauddin District.

Gujrat (disambiguation)

Gujrat may refer to:

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Mianwali

Mianwali (Urdu: مِيانوالى‎) is the capital city of Mianwali District, Pakistan. In November 1989, present day tehsils of Mianwali, Isa Khel and Piplan were separated from Bannu District and districts Bhakkar and Layyah from Dera Ismail Khan District and clubbed together to form a new district named Mianwali with its headquarters in Mianwali city. The municipal committee was founded in December 1993 and has remained operational since then.

Infrastructure

The city has an FM radio station (FM 93), Feroz Shah Memorial Library, Sports Complex, Hockey Stadium and a Football Stadium. There are several educational institutions from elementary to post-graduate level.

The city has an airport built near the old World War II aerodrome and known as M.M.Alam Base Mianwali. It is one of the major operational and training air bases of the country. The No. 1 Fighter Conversion Unit of the PAF is stationed here.

There is a railway connecting the city with Multan, Lahore and Rawalpindi.

The main highways connecting to the other parts of the country include the Sargodha–Lahore road [N–60], MM Road (Mianwali–Muzaffargarh road), Talagang–Rawalpindi road, and the Kalabagh–Bannu road [N–60].