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Also known as Rojhanwali, Bahawal Nagar

Bahawalnagar (Punjabi, ), 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. 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. It is south of Lahore and about miles east of Bahawalpur. It is far from District Pakpattan. River Sutlej passes

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Place details

Locality
بہاولنگر
Region
پنجاب
Country
پاکستان
Population
241,873
Timezone
Asia/Karachi

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Air quality

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PM2.5
57.7 µg/m³
PM10
183.0 µg/m³
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Key facts

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Bahawalnagar
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Location of Bahawalnagar
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 Punjab
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Bahawalpur
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Bahawalnagar

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Climate
  • See also
  • References
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Bahawalnagar (Punjabi, ), 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. 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. It is south of Lahore and about miles east of Bahawalpur. It is far from District Pakpattan. River Sutlej passes on the northern side at a distance of about 6 miles.

==History== Bahawalnagar originally known as Rojhanwali was a small settlement consisting of few huts and shacks. This village Rojhanwali is still in existence at a distance of about 1.5 miles north of the Railway Station. Bahawalnagar is located at the historic road constructed by Indian Muslim Emperor Sher Shah Suri.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bahawalnagar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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