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Sheikhupura District

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Country
  
Pakistan

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+5)

Area
  
5,960 km²

Headquarters
  
Sheikhupura

Number of Tehsils
  
5

Province
  
Punjab, Pakistan

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Sheikhupura (Urdu: ضِلع شَيخُوپُور‎) (Punjabi: ضلع شیخاپورا), is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan. Sheikhupura is the headquarters of Sheikhupura district. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 3,321,029 of which 25.45% were urban. In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new Nankana Sahib District.

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Map of Sheikhupura, Pakistan

The predominant language of the district is Punjabi, which according to the 1998 census results for the tehsils of Sheikhupura, Ferozewala and Safdarabad, is the first language of 98% of the population, while Urdu is the first language of 1.1%.

Administration

The district comprises 5 tehsils:

  1. Sheikhupura
  2. Ferozewala
  3. Muridke
  4. Sharaqpur
  5. Safdarabad (part of Nankana Sahib District between 2005 and 2008)

References

Sheikhupura District Wikipedia