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Jhelum
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Jhelum (also known as Jehlum) (; Punjabi / Urdu: ) is a city on the western bank of the Jhelum River in Punjab, Pakistan. Located in northern Punjab, it is the capital of the Jhelum District. The city is nicknamed the "City of Soldiers" or "Land of Martyrs and Warriors" since many soldiers from the area serving in the British Indian Army and later, the Pakistan Armed Forces. Due to this, Punjabi tribes have been characterized as a 'martial race'.
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Place details
- Locality
- جہلم
- Region
- پنجاب
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 190,425
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Air quality
- PM2.5
- 55.3 µg/m³
- PM10
- 57.0 µg/m³
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jhelum
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.nicknames
- City of SoldiersLand of Martyrs and Warriors
- Settlement.image_map
- Map of Jhelum.jpg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Jhelum City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Punjab, Pakistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Pakistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rawalpindi
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Get in
You can reach Jhelum from Islamabad or Lahore via GT Road. There are also many trains and buses from Rawalpindi, Karachi and Peshawar that arrive at the Central Bus Station.
See
thumbnail|The Kabuli gate of Rohtas Fort
Do
Take a Bath at Jhelum River's Cold water Eat fruit chat near GT road College
Eat
PHC Punjab Halal Chicken Sweet Palace, Railway Road Ameen Tikka Shop Bele bar-b-Q Dam Haq bar-b-Q Fruit Chaat on GT Road (Fauji Mill) Baray Mian ka Naashta
Sleep
Lehri Nature Park is almost 90 km on GT Road in the hilly Pothohar region from Islamabad and almost 40 km from Jhelum City. It is 10 km from GT Road. The park has lodgings for the night. Lehri village is approx 16 km from the park.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Ancient
- Medieval
- Later periods
- British Raj
- Independence
- Administration
- Demographics
- Language
- Geography
- Climate
- Major floods
- Transport and tourism
- Sports
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Jhelum (also known as Jehlum) (; Punjabi / Urdu: ) is a city on the western bank of the Jhelum River in Punjab, Pakistan. Located in northern Punjab, it is the capital of the Jhelum District. The city is nicknamed the "City of Soldiers" or "Land of Martyrs and Warriors" since many soldiers from the area serving in the British Indian Army and later, the Pakistan Armed Forces. Due to this, Punjabi tribes have been characterized as a 'martial race'.
Jhelum is several miles upstream from the site of the ancient Battle of the Hydaspes between the armies of Alexander III of Macedon and Porus. The location of the modern city of Jhelum could conceivably have been the site of the capital of Paurava. The name of the nearby city Bucephala commemorates the death of Alexander's horse, Bucephalus. Other notable areas nearby include the 16th-century Rohtas Fort and the Tilla Jogian complex of ancient temples. The ancient Grand Trunk Road passes through the city. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of Jhelum was 312,426. Today, there are a number of industries in Jhelum, including a tobacco factory and wood, marble, glass and flour mills.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jhelum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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