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Jhang District

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Country
  
Pakistan

Established
  
1849

Time zone
  
PKT (UTC+5)

Area
  
6,166 km²

Province
  
Punjab

Headquarters
  
Jhang city

Number of Tehsils
  
4

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Jhang District (Punjabi, Urdu: ضلع جھنگ‎) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital. In 2009 the tehsil of Chiniot became the separate Chiniot District.

Contents

Map of Jhang District, Pakistan

Administrative divisions

The district comprises on four sub-districts (or Tehsils):

  • Jhang
  • Athara Hazari
  • Shorkot
  • Ahmad Pur Sial

    • Demographics

    According to the 1998 census, Punjabi was the first language of 95% of the population in the Jhang and Shorkot Tehsils, while Urdu – of 3.8%.

    Local education

  • Chenab College, Jhang
  • Faran Model College
  • Cadet College Jhang

    • Notable People

  • Sultan Bahoo, founder of the Sarwari Qadiri Sufi order
  • Abdus Salam, Noble Prize winner in Physics
  • Aleem Dar, cricket player
  • Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Sufi Scholar, Politician, Founder of Minhaj-Ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek

    • References

    Jhang District Wikipedia
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