Punjab (Shahmukhi: پنجاب: ) la tinh đong dan nhat tai Pakistan voi xap xi 56% dan so cua quoc gia nay. Cac khu vuc lan can la Azad Kashmir (Pakistan) va Jammu va Kashmir (An Đo) o phia đong bac, bang Punjab va Rajasthan cua An Đo o phia đong, tinh Sindh o phia nam, tinh Balochistan o phia tay nam, tinh Khyber Pakhtunkhwa o phia tay, va Lanh tho Thu đo Islamabad o phia bac. Nguoi Punjab la sac dan đa so trong tinh, ngoai ra con co cac nhom dan toc khac. Ngon ngu chinh trong tinh la tieng Punjab va tieng Saraiki  va cac phuong ngu cua tieng Mewati va tieng Potowari. Ten goi Punjabxuat phat tu tieng Ba Tu "Panj" (پنج) (Nam), va Ab (اب) (Nuoc), i.e. Nam dong nuoc - đe cap đen 5 phu luu cua song An: Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas va Sutlej.
Punjab la tinh phat trien nhat, đong dan nhat va phon thinh nhat tai Pakistan. Lahore von đa la thu phu cua Punjab trong mot nghin nam; va thanh pho la trung tam van hoa, lich su, hanh chinh va kinh te chinh cua ca tinh. Punjab la cua ngo đi xuong Nam A cua nhung ke xam luoc đen tu Hy Lap, Trung A, Iran va Afghanistan. Punjab tung la lanh tho cua cac đe che va trieu đai khac nhau trong suot chieu dai lich su, bao gom Nen van minh song An, Aryans, Kushan, Scythian, Ba Tu, A Rap, Tho Nhi Ky, Ghaznavid, Timurid, Mughal, Afghan, Sikh va nguoi Anh


Đia ly Punjab la tinh lon thu hai tai Pakistan voi 205.344 km2 (79.284 dam vuong Anh) chi sau tinh Balochistan. Punjab nam o ria tay bac cua mang đia chan An Đo tai Nam A. Thu phu va thanh pho lon nhat la Lahore, đay cung la trung tam lich su cua ca vung Punjab lon hon. Toan vung Punjab co 6 dong song lon, trong đo co 5 la chay qua Punjab thuoc Pakistan. Tinh Punjab bao quanh nhung khong bao gom Lanh tho Thu đo Islamabad.
Tinh Punjab chu yeu la cac đong bang mau mo ven cac thung lung song, trong khi cac sa mac nam rai rac tai khu vuc giap voi Rajasthan va Day nui Sulaiman. Khu vuc bao gom Hoang mac Thar va Hoang mac Cholistan. Song An va cac phu luu cua minh chay tu phia bac xuong nam cua tinh. Phong canh Punjab chu yeu la ruong đong va cac con kenh tuoi tieu. Thoi tiet o đay bien đoi tu nong va kho o phia nam cho đen nhung noi mat me o nhung vung đoi phia bac, nhu cac ngon nui thuoc day Himalaya. Khu vuc Punjab co nhiet đo dao đong tu -2° đen 40 °C, nhung co the len toi 47 °C (117 °F) vao mua he va xuong duoi -5 °C vao mua đong.

Khi hau nong (Thang 4 đen thang 6) nhiet đo thuong xuyen len toi khoang43 °C.
Mua mua (Thang 7 đen thang 9) Luong mua trung binh la 96 cm o vung ban son đia va 46 cm o vung đong bang.
Khi hau on hoa (Thang 10 đen thang 3). nhiet đo xuong to khoang 4 °C.


Nhan khau Dan so cua tinh Punjab uoc tinh la 81.330.531 nguoi nam 2010 va chiem tren mot nua dan so cua toan Pakistan. Ngon ngu chinh trong tinh la tieng Punjab (viet bang Chu Shahmukhi) va nguoi Punjab la nhom dan toc lon nhat trong tinh cung nhu trong ca nuoc. Tieng Punjab la ngon ngu cap tinh cua Punjab. Ngon ngu nay khong đuoc Hien phap Pakistan cong nhan la ngon ngu chinh thuc cap quoc gia. Nguoi Punjab von khong đong nhat thuoc cac bo toc, thi toc (Qaum (tieng Urdu:  قوم ))va cac cong đong khac nhau.
Ngoai ra tren đia ban tinh con co mot so dan toc nho hon gom nguoi Siraiki, nguoi Hindkowan, Nguoi Kashmir, nguoi Sindh, nguoi Pashtun, nguoi Baloch va nguoi Muhajir. Nguoi Muhajir va nhung nguoi noi tieng Urdu di cu tu An Đo va đinh cu tai Pakistan sau nam 1947. Ngoai ra cung co nhieu nguoi ti nan Afghanistan cu tru tai tinh tu hon 30 nam truoc tro lai đay.
Theo thong ke cua Pakistan nam 1998, Punjab co 73.621.290 so dan, chiem 55,63% toan quoc. Phan bo ngon ngu tai tinh Punjab la: Tieng Punjab (75,23%), Tieng Saraiki (17,36%), Tieng Urdu (4,51%), Tieng Pashtun (1.16%), Tieng Baloch (0,66%), Tieng Sindh (0.13%), con lai la 0.95%. Dan so tinh Punjab (Pakistan) uoc tinh 97.21% la nguoi Hoi giao voi đa so theo phai Sunni Hanafi va thieu so theo phai Shia Ithna 'ashariyah. Cong đong khong theo Hoi giao lon nhat la nguoi Cong giao voi 2.31% dan so. Cac ton giao khac gom Ahmedi, An Đo giao, Đao Sikh, Parsis va Baha'i.


Hanh chinh Tinh Punjab đuoc chia thanh 36 quan.


Thanh pho chinh Kinh te Mac du khong co bo bien, Punjab van la tinh cong nghiep hoa nhat Pakistan, Punjab luon la tinh đong gop nhieu nhat cho nen kinh te cua đat nuoc. Tiem luc kinh te cua Punjab đa tang bon lan ke tu nam 1972. Tinh chiem 54,7% GDP cua Pakistan nam 2000 va 59% vao nam 2010. Punjab chiem uu the trong nganh dich vu va nong nghiep cua nen kinh te Pakistan, chiem ti trong tu 52,1% đen 64,5% trong nganh dich vu va tu 56,1% đen 61,5% trong nganh nong nghiep. Ngoai ra, tinh cung co nhieu chuyen gia va nhan luc cong nghe cao nhieu nhat trong ca nuoc. Tinh chiem uu the trong nganh che tao, tuy nhien chu yeu la nhung san pham khong lon, chiem 44% đen tren 52,6% cua ca nuoc. Nam 2007, Punjab đat đuoc toc đo tang truong 7,8% va trong thoi ky tu nam 2002 - 2003 đen 2007 - 2008, tinh luon đat muc tang truong tu 7% đen 8% moi nam va trong nam 2008-09 tinh tang tuong 6% trong khi toc đo tang truong GDP cua Pakistan o muc 4%.
Punjab co khi hau nhiet đoi am va kho, tuy nhien viec lam tot cong tac thuy loi đa khien cho tinh co mot nen nong nghiep phong phu. He thong kenh tuoi noi đong do nguoi Anh xay dung đuoc tai tinh coi la lon nhat tren the gioi. Lua mi va bong la cac cay trong chinh. Cac cay trong khac la lua gao, mia, ke, ngo, cay lay dau, đau, rau, va hoa qua nhu kinoo (mot loai giong nhu qua quyt). Nganh chan nuoi cung kha quan trong va mac du co mot qua khu thu đich, cac nong dan Punjab van tiep tuc su dung lich An Đo giao đe gieo trong va thu hoach.


Giao duc Ty le biet chu cua tinh đa tang len đang ke tu khi gianh đuoc đoc lap. Punjab la tinh co Chi so phat trien con nguoi cao nhat ca nuoc (0.670).

Nguon:


= Đai hoc cong =

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore
Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore 
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Government College University, Lahore
Government College University, Faisalabad
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur
Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore
King Edward Medical College, Lahore
Lahore College for Women University, Lahore
Lahore College for Women University, Jhang campus
Cadet College Luu tru ngay 17 thang 10 nam 2010 tai Wayback Machine Hassanabdal, Pakistan
National College of Arts, Lahore
National Textile University, Faisalabad
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi
University of Education, Lahore
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Faisalabad
University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila
University of Health Sciences, Lahore
University of Gujrat, Gujrat
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Gujranwala
University of Sargodha, Sargodha
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore


= Đai hoc tu nhan =
Hajvery University, Lahore
Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
Forman Christian College, Lahore
GIFT University, Gujranwala
Imperial College of Business Studies, Lahore
Institute of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pak-AIMS, Lahore
Lahore School of Economics, Lahore
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
Minhaj International University, Lahore
Munawwar-ul-Islam Institute of Research, Gujrat
National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore
University of Management and Technology, Lahore
University of Central Punjab, Lahore
University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad
Cadet College,Skardu, Skardu
University of Lahore, Lahore
University of South Asia, Lahore
Superior University, Lahore
University of Munawwar-Ul-Islam, Gujrat
International Islamic University, Bahawalpur
University College Lahore, Lahore
National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore
CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore
University of Health Sciences, Lahore


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