Farooqabad
Sign in to saveFarooqabad (), which was known as Chuhar Kana until 1983, is a city in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated along the twin canals (Qadirabad Balloki Link Canal and Upper Gogera Branch Canal) about 55 km west of Lahore on Sargodha Road along Lahore-Islamabad M-2 Motorway and on Lahore-Faisalabad-Karachi Main Railway Line.
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- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Sheikhupura District
- Population
- 75776
- Elevation
- 210
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- Farooqabad Railway Station.jpg
- Dialing code
- 056
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Farooqabad (), which was known as Chuhar Kana until 1983, is a city in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated along the twin canals (Qadirabad Balloki Link Canal and Upper Gogera Branch Canal) about 55 km west of Lahore on Sargodha Road along Lahore-Islamabad M-2 Motorway and on Lahore-Faisalabad-Karachi Main Railway Line.
The city was founded by Sardar Chuhar Singh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Farooqabad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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