Hafizabad District

Infobox Pakistan district
district = Hafizabad District
area = 2,367
population =832980
pop_year = 1998
density =
caption =
region = Punjab
established =
nazim =Ch Mubashir Abbas Bhatti PML-Q
naib_nazim =Mian Zahid Hussian Bhatti PML-N
seats =
tehsils = 2
languages = Punjabi
website = www.lokasher.com

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Hafizabad district (Urdu: حافظ آباد) is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan. It consists of two tehsils: Hafizabad and Pindi Bhattian [ [http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list_tehsil.html Admin List] ] . Hafizabad was made a district in 1991; formerly, it was a tehsil of Gujranwala District. It is situated in the central Punjab and is known for its rice industry on agricultural side and cotton textile industry on industrial side.

Introduction

The Chenab River forms the Northern and North-Western boundary of the district. On the North-West touches Mandi Bahauddin, on the South lies Sheikhupura, on the West Sargodha and Jhang districts and on the East Gujranwala District. The district Hafizabad has a total area of 2,367 square kilometres.

The district is included in the agricultural areas of central Punjab and is home of one of the most amazing canal networks of the world. Hafizabad is famous for its rice production. The Hafizabad City Grain Market and Jalalpur Bhattian Grain Market are considered the biggest Rice Export centres of the country.

The hafizabad district is also popular in education sector. In this district many colleges provided high quality education.The majority of the population in the district 97% is Muslim, while Christians & Ahmadis inhabit the area in small numbers with the share of 2.9% and 0.1%, respectively. Punjabi is the dominant language 98.7%, while, other languages spoken in the district are Urdu 0.9%, Pushto 0.3% and Siraiki 0.1%. [http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/punjabcms/servlet/PunjabCMSServlet?CMDCMS=V_T_DOCS_BROWSER_VIEW&txtDocID=1583&txtVersionID=1&CMDDOCTYPE=1&txtUserID=374 Brief Description - Punjab Portal] ]

Hafizabad is known as "Sheraz-e-Hind" as many a poets and scholars of international repute were born in the area.

Geographic Location

Hafizabad is situated at a height of convert|800|ft|m above sea-level. The district is located between 32°-20' north latitudes and 73°-12' and 73°-46' east longitude. Situated in central Punjab Hafizabad has its border with the Sheikhupura District and Gujranwala in east, District Mandi Bahauddin in north, District Sargodha in west and District Jhang in south. Hafizabad is situated at a distance of 300 km from Federal Capital Islamabad and is 90 km away from Provincial Capital Lahore.

Climate

The climate of the district is of extreme. In summer it is very hot and in winter it is very cold. The maximum summer temperature in the month of June, goes up to 48 degrees Celsius while in winter, during January, the minimum temperature goes down to 7 degrees Celsius. The climate of the district is hot and dry during the summer and moderately cold in the winter. Owing to the proximity of the hills there is more rainfall in the East than the Western part of the district. May and June are the hottest months with temperature rising up to 48 degree Celsius monsoon starts usually from the midst of July and continues till September. The soil is alluvial and fertile. It is a flat strip of land running roughly East to West.

Political representation

Hafizabad has two constituencies in Pakistan's National Assembly, and three constituencies in the Punjab's provincial assembly.

Mainly Tarars represent Hafizabad. They are the noble caste and very respectful. Other than Tarars, Arain,Virk,Bhatti,khokhers and Chatta main families of this region and go for election. Abdullah Khokher, Mehdi Hussan Bhatti and Afzal Hussain Tarar are the main political leaders in this district. Mehdi Hussan Bhatti was Previous MNA of Hafizabad. In Election 2008, Saira Afzhal Tarar Won the Election.She is Daughter of Afzhal Hussain Tarar.

Administration

The District is Under District Nazim Chaudhary Mubashar Abbas Bhatti (Nephew of Mehdi Hussan).Tehsil Nazim is Rai Jahangir Kharral.The district is administratively subdivided into two tehsil, Hafizabad and Pindi Bhattian, which contain a total of 42 Union Councils [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=11&dn=Hafizabad Tehsils & Unions in the District of Hafizabad - Government of Pakistan] ]

Towns

Main towns of the district are:
*Hafizabad the capital was built by Mughal emperor Akbar for strengthening administration of the Punjab District.
*Sooianwala Chatha
*Kolo Tarar
*Kot Hassan Khan
*Chak Chatha
*Jalalpur Bhattian
*Narowal
*Chack Bhatti
*Sukhekey Kaleky
*ThaTha Ghara
*Mamba Tarar
*Sandhwan Tarar
*Rasoolpur Tarar
*Fateh Pur (Hazrat Mian Mosa Sahib)
*Wanikay Tarar
*Wan : Chah Hakimwala
*Dera Ch M. Nawaz
*Lovaray Sharif
*Fateh Pur Sharif

JALALPUR BHATTIAN PRESS CLUB ONLINE

-! Tehsil! No. of Unions
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Hafizabad
25
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Pindi Bhattian
17
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Total
42

Demographics

According to the 1998 census, the district had a population of 832,980, of which 26.73% were urban. [ [http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm Urban Resource Centre (1998 Census)] References

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JALALPUR BHATTIAN PRESS CLUB ONLINE DISTRICT HAFIZABAD