Chawinda

Chawinda
Chawinda
Coordinates: 32°23′03″N 74°43′30″E / 32.3841°N 74.7249°E / 32.3841; 74.7249Coordinates: 32°23′03″N 74°43′30″E / 32.3841°N 74.7249°E / 32.3841; 74.7249
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Government
- Nazim	Muhammad Ahsan Bajwa
Elevation	165 m (541 ft)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Number of Union councils	121 Chawinda

Chawinda is a town of the tehsil Pasrur of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°23'08.05" N 74°42'43.94" E with an altitude of 165 metres (544 feet).^[1] It is known as "the Graveyard of Tanks" because of the large number of tanks destroyed in Battle of Chawinda during 1965 Indo Pak war. It is located north of Pasrur and south east of Sialkot. It is linked to the cities of Sialkot and Narowal through Rail and Road. It is also linked through road to the towns of Zafarawal in the east and Chobara and Kingra and KHANA WALI in the north. It has two government boys high schools, one girls college, a health centre, and a number of private education centres.

Prof. Abdul Qayyum is one of the significant names of Chawinda.

Climate

Climate data for CHAWINDA BY MUHAMMAD ASIF, Pakistan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	18 (64)	21 (69)	26 (78)	33 (91)	39 (102)	40 (104)	35 (95)	33 (91)	34 (93)	32 (89)	26 (78)	20 (68)	29 (84)
Average low °C (°F)	5 (41)	8 (46)	12 (53)	18 (64)	23 (73)	26 (78)	26 (78)	25 (77)	23 (73)	17 (62)	10 (50)	5 (41)	16 (60)
Precipitation mm (inches)	41 (1.6)	40 (1.6)	44 (1.7)	21 (0.8)	17 (0.7)	68 (2.7)	271 (10.7)	256 (10.1)	132 (5.2)	14 (0.6)	11 (0.4)	21 (0.8)	936 (36.8)
Source: Weatherbase[2]

References

1. ^ Location of Chawinda - Falling Rain Genomics
2. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for CHAWINDA, Pakistan". Weatherbase. 2008. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=416000&refer=&units=metric=.