Chichawatni
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Chichawatni (, ) is a city in the Sahiwal District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the administrative center of Chichawatni Tehsil, one of the two tehsils of the district. Situated near the old main road called Grand Trunk Road, it lies approximately from the district capital, Sahiwal. According to the 2017 census, Chichawatni's population was 94,733.
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Place details
- Locality
- 32-35 chak
- Region
- پنجاب
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 82,762
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chichawatni
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.imagesize
- 240px
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: Chichawatni railway station (British-era building), Chichawatni Jungle, Chichawatni railway station (new building)
- Settlement.mapsize
- 100px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Chichawatni within Pakistan.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Pakistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sahiwal
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Chichawatni
- Settlement.population_total
- 112191
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.blank_name_sec2
- Number of union councils
- Settlement.blank_info_sec2
- 3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Punjab
- Population
- 87754
- Image
- Jungle in Punjab.JPG
- Dialing code
- 040
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Forest division
- Cattle market
- Kabaddi stadium
- Rail links
- Government investment
- Demographics
- Population
- See also
- References
- External links
Chichawatni (, ) is a city in the Sahiwal District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the administrative center of Chichawatni Tehsil, one of the two tehsils of the district. Situated near the old main road called Grand Trunk Road, it lies approximately from the district capital, Sahiwal. According to the 2017 census, Chichawatni's population was 94,733.
==History== From the beginning of the 7th century, Rajput Bhatti kingdoms dominated eastern portions of Pakistan and northern India. In 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, took over the Ghaznavid empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin. In 1005, he conquered the Shahis in Kabul and followed it by the conquests of some of the western Punjab region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chichawatni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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