Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (Punjabi: پنجاب:  {{{2}}}^?) is the maist populous province o Pakistan, wi approximately 56% o the kintra's total population. Formin maist o the Punjab region, the province is bordered bi Kashmir (Azad Kashmir, Pakistan an Jammu an Kashmir, Indie) tae the north-east, the Indian states o Punjab an Rajasthan tae the east, the Pakistani province o Sindh tae the sooth, the province o Balochistan tae the soothwast, the province o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tae the wast, an the Islamabad Caipital Territory tae the north. The Punjab is hame tae the Punjabis an various ither groups. The main leids are Punjabi an Saraiki an the dialects o Mewati an Potowari. The name Punjab derives frae the Persian wirds Panj (پنج) (Five), an Āb (آب) (Water), i.e. (the) Five Waters - referrin tae five tributaries o the Indus River frae which is an aa the oreegin o the name of "India" - these being Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas an Sutlej, that flow through the lairger Punjab.

Punjab is the maist developed, maist populous, an maist prosperous province o Pakistan. Lahore haes traditionally been the caipital o Punjab for a thoosan years; it is Punjab's main cultural, historical, admeenistrative an economic center. Historically, the Punjab region haes been the gateway tae the Indian subcontinent for invaders who came frae Greece, Central Asie, Iran an Afghanistan. Due tae its stategic location, it haes been pairt o various empires an dynasties throughoot history, includin the Indus Valley Civilization, Aryans, Kushans, Scythians, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, Turks, Ghaznavids, Timurids, Mughals, Afghans, Sikhs an the Breetish.

The Greeks referred tae Punjab as Pentapotamie, an inland delta o five convergin rivers. In Avesta, the sacred text o Zoroastrians, the Punjab region is associatit wi the auncient hapta həndu or Sapta Sindhu, the Land o Seiven Rivers. The Breetish uised tae caw Punjab "Oor Proushie."

Destricts

There are 36 destricts in Punjab, Pakistan.

Major ceeties

Main airticle: Leet o ceeties in Punjab (Pakistan)

Leet o major ceeties in Punjab
Rank	Ceety	Destrict	Population	Lahore 80px Faisalabad Rawalpindi
1	Lahore	Lahore	7,129,609
2	Faisalabad	Faisalabad	2,880,675
3	Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	1,991,656
4	Multan	Multan	1,606,481
5	Gujranwala	Gujranwala	1,569,090
6	Sargodha	Sargodha	600,501
7	Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	543,929
8	Sialkot	Sialkot	510,863
9	Sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	426,980
10	Jhang	Jhang	372,645
Source: World Gazetteer 2010
This is a leet o each ceety's urban populations an does no indicate total destrict populations

Freemit airtins

• Govrenment o the Punjab, Pakistan
• Punjab, Pakistan at the Open Directory Project
• Guide o Punjab