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Bahawalnagar

For the district, see Bahawalnagar district. For other uses, see Bahawalnagar (disambiguation).
Bahawalnagar
بہاول نگر
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Municipal Committee Bahawalnagar
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Bahawalnagar is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar
Location of Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar is located in Pakistan
Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 29°59′34″N 73°15′13″E / 29.99278°N 73.25361°E / 29.99278; 73.25361
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionBahawalpur
DistrictBahawalnagar
Union councils118
Government
[2]
 • TypeMunicipal Committee
 • ChairmanVacant[1]
 • Vice ChairmanVacant[1]
Elevation
163 m (535 ft)
Population
 (2023)[3]
 • City
241,873
 • Rank39th, Pakistan
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)+6
WebsiteMunicipal Committee Bahawalnagar

Bahawalnagar (Punjabi, Urdu: بہاول نگر), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well.[4] It is the 39th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2023 census. Old name of Bahawalnagar was Rojanwali/Ubbha. It was named Bahawalnagar in 1904 after Bahawal Khan V, the ruler of the Bahawalpur state comprising the present districts of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan.[5] It is 262 km (163 mi) south of Lahore and about 175 km (109 mi) miles east of Bahawalpur. It is 65 km (40 mi) far from District Pakpattan. River Sutlej passes on the northern side at a distance of about 6 miles.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Administrators' appointments planned as Punjab LG system dissolves today". The Nation (newspaper). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Municipal Committee Bahawalnagar: Administrative Setup". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: PUNJAB (BAHAWALNAGAR DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar – Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "TMA Bahawalnagar Website". Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  6. ^ Bahawalnagar – Outline Development Plan, Govt of Punjab, 1978. Accessed 2017-02-24.

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