Faisalabad
Faisalabad, (Urdu: فيصل آباد) umwhile kent as Lyallpur, is the third lairgest metropolis in Pakistan, the seicont lairgest in the province o Punjab efter Lahore, an a major industrial centre in the hert o Pakistan.
Faisalabad فیصل آباد | |
|---|---|
Ceety Destrict | |
 Clock Touer, Faisalabad | |
  Faisalabad فیصل آباد Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′4.8″N 73°4′44.4″E / 31.418000°N 73.079000°E | |
| Kintra | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| Destrict | Faisalabad Destrict |
| Autonomous touns | 8 |
| Union cooncils | 289 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Ceety Destrict |
| • Destrict Coordination Officer | Muhammad Amin Chaudhry |
| Area | |
| • Ceety Destrict | 1280 km2 (490 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5856 km2 (2,261 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Ceety Destrict | 4,177,246 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 041 |
| Website | www.faisalabad.gov.pk |
Kent as the Manchester of Pakistan an aw,[2] Faisalabad remains an important industrial ceety wast o Lahore. The ceety-destrict o Faisalabad is boond on the north bi the destricts o Hafizabad an Chiniot, on the east bi Nankana Sahib, on the sooth bi Sahiwal, an Toba Tek Singh an on the wast bi Jhang.
References
eedit- ↑ World Gazetteer estimate (01-06-2011)
- ↑ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2002). Pakistan: Nationalism Without A Nation. Zed Books. p. 57. ISBN 9781842771174.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Faisalabad Govrenment wabsteid Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Punjab Govrenment wabsteid