Bahawalnagar

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Bahawalnagar is a city and tehsil of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=5&dn=Bahawalnagar Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan] ] and lies just south of the Sutlej River, its population according to the 1998 census of Pakistan was 2,061,000 [1998 Census of Pakistan] .

Administration

Bahawalnagar is the administrative centre of Bahawalnagar tehsil one of the four tehsils or subdivisions of the District, the tehsil is subdivided into 31 Union Councils .

Languages

Siraiki is main language of the people. Punjabi is after Siraiki.

References