Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (Punjabi: : ) is the maist populous province o Pakistan, wi approximately 56% o the kintra's tot population. 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 SaraikiThe Languages of Pakistan an the dialects o Mewati an Potowari. The name Punjab derives frae the Persian wirds Panj () (Five), an Āb () (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.The Growing Threat In Pakistan’s Punjab Lahore haes tradeetionally been the caipital o Punjab for a thoosan years; it is Punjab's main cultural, historical, admeenistrative an economic center.Lahore Cantonment Historically, the Punjab region haes been the gateway tae the Indian subcontinent for invaders who came frae Greece, Central Asie, Iran an Afghanistan.WHKMLA : History of West Punjab 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. 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. The Breetish uised tae caw Punjab "Oor Proushie."

Destricts

Thare are 36 destricts in Punjab, Pakistan.

Major ceeties

 Leet o major ceeties in Punjab Rank Ceety Destrict PopulationLahore
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 This is a leet o each ceety's urban populations an daes no indicate tot destrict populations

References

Freemit airtins

Govrenment o the Punjab, Pakistan 

 Guide o Punjab 

Category:Provinces o Pakistan

Category:States an territories established in 1970