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Taunsa Sharif
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Taunsa, or Tonsa, is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Taunsa District. It is located on the bank of the Indus River and is known for its agricultural and irrigational significance. The city is primarily inhabited by Saraiki speaking people, with a significant minority of Balochi speakers.
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- Locality
- تونسہ شریف
- Region
- پنجاب
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 44,869
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Taunsa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Pakistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Taunsa
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Taunsa
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Union councils
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- 3
- Settlement.parts_style
- coll
- Settlement.area_rank
- 1st
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 157
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 515
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Taunsa Tehsil
- Population
- 36970
- Area
- 300
- Elevation
- 157
- Capital of
- Taunsa Tehsil
- Image
- Taunsa.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0642
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- postal code
- 32100
- heritage designation
- Ramsar site
- P12749
- Botifarra
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Taunsa Barrage
- Demographics
- Notes
- References
Taunsa, or Tonsa, is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Taunsa District. It is located on the bank of the Indus River and is known for its agricultural and irrigational significance. The city is primarily inhabited by Saraiki speaking people, with a significant minority of Balochi speakers.
==Location== Taunsa is located on the Karachi-Peshawar Highway, which is also known as Indus Highway. It is approximately 120 kilometers from Multan, from Karachi, from Peshawar, and from Lahore. Taunsa is also the location of one of the headworks on the Indus River called Taunsa Barrage. Taunsa is surrounded by Koh-e-Sulaiman mountain range.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taunsa Sharif” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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