Jhang District
Jhang جھنگ | |
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District | |
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Coordinates: 30°35′N 71°39′E / 30.583°N 71.650°E / 30.583; 71.650Coordinates: 30°35′N 71°39′E / 30.583°N 71.650°E / 30.583; 71.650 | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Established | 1849[citation needed] |
Headquarters | Jhang city |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,743,416 |
Time zone | PKT (UTC+5) |
Number of Tehsils | 4 |
Languages | Punjabi (95%) |
Jhang District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع جھنگ) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital.[2] In 2009 the tehsil of Chiniot became the separate Chiniot District.
Contents
1 Administrative divisions
2 Demographics
3 Local education
4 Notable people
5 References
6 Bibliography
Administrative divisions
The district comprises on four sub-districts (or Tehsils):[3]
- Jhang
- Athara Hazari
- Shorkot
- Ahmad Pur Sial
Demographics
According to the 1998 census, Punjabi was the first language of 95% of the population in the Jhang and Shorkot Tehsils, while Urdu – of 3.8%.[4]
Local education
- Chenab College, Jhang
- Faran Model College
- Cadet College Jhang
Notable people
Sultan Bahoo, a Sufi saint
Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize winner in physics
Aleem Dar, cricket player
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a Sufi Scholar, Politician, Founder of Minhaj-Ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek
References
^ "District at a glance - Jhang" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk.
^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang the – Government of Pakistan". Nrb.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
^ Administrative Units of Pakistan (Tehsils/Talukas) Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics, Government of Pakistan
^ PCO 2000, pp. 95–96.
Bibliography
1998 District Census report of Jhang. Census publication. 114. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.


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