See soorce fer Punjab, Pakistan

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'''Punjab''' ([[Punjabi leid|Punjabi]]: {{Nastaliq|پنجاب}}<!---please refrain from titling this as "Urdu/Punjabi", as the audio pronunciation available at the moment is Urdu-accented--->: {{Audio|Punjab.ogg}}) is the maist populous [[Admeenistrative units o Pakistan|province]] o [[Pakistan]], wi approximately 56% o the kintra's tot population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/portal/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_panename/ContentViewAdmin/portal/306/nav/right/punjabcms/servlet/PunjabCMSServlet?CMDCMS=V_D_BROWSER&CMDDOCTYPE=1&txtDocID=7394&txtVersionID=1|title=Government of the Punjab|access-date=2011-10-04|archive-date=2010-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814173002/http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/portal/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_panename/ContentViewAdmin/portal/306/nav/right/punjabcms/servlet/PunjabCMSServlet?CMDCMS=V_D_BROWSER&CMDDOCTYPE=1&txtDocID=7394&txtVersionID=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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, Indie|Punjab]] an [[Rajasthan]] tae the east, the Pakistani province o [[Sindh]] tae the sooth, the province o [[Balochistan, Pakistan|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 [[Punjabi fowk|Punjabis]] an various ither groups. The main leids are [[Punjabi laeid|Punjabi]] an [[Saraiki leid|Saraiki]]<ref>[http://www.uh.edu/~sriaz/thecountry/languages/index.html The Languages of Pakistan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> an the dialects o [[Mewati]] an [[Potowari]]. The name Punjab derives frae the [[Persie leid|Persian]] wirds ''Panj'' ({{nastaliq|پنج}}) (''Five''), an ''Āb'' ({{nastaliq|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 o "India" - thir bein [[Jhelum River|Jhelum]], [[Chenab River|Chenab]], [[Ravi River|Ravi]], [[Beas River|Beas]] an [[Sutlej River|Sutlej]], that flow throu the lairger Punjab.

Punjab is the maist developed, maist populous, an maist prosperous province o Pakistan.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2010/pakistan-100615-rferl01.htm The Growing Threat In Pakistan’s Punjab<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout&cid=1239889006387 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-01-22 |archive-date=2010-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824201534/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1239889006387&pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Lahore]] haes tradeetionally been the caipital o Punjab for a thoosan years; it is Punjab's main cultural, historical, admeenistrative an economic center.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/cantt-lahore.htm Lahore Cantonment<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Historically, the [[Punjab region]] haes been the gateway tae the [[Indian subcontinent]] for invaders who came frae [[Greece]], [[Central Asie]], [[Iran]] an [[Afghanistan]].<ref name="zum.de">[http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/india/xwpunjab.html WHKMLA : History of West Punjab<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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]], [[Persie|Persians]], [[Arabs]], [[Turkic fowks|Turks]], [[Ghaznavids]], [[Timurids]], [[Mughals]], [[Afghanistan|Afghans]], [[Sikhs]] an the [[Breetish Raj|Breetish]].

The [[Greeks]] referred tae Punjab as ''Pentapotamie'', an inland delta o five convergin rivers.<ref name="zum.de"/> In [[Avestan geography|Avesta]], the saucrit text o [[Zoroastrians]], the Punjab region is associatit wi the auncient ''hapta həndu'' or [[Sapta Sindhu]], the Land o Seiven Rivers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tajikam.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=36 |title=Tajikam Portal - The Lands of the Avesta<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2011-10-04 |archive-date=2021-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128094505/http://tajikam.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=36 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Breetish uised tae caw Punjab ''"Oor Proushie."''

==Destricts==
{{Main article|Destricts o Pakistan#Punjab}}

Thare are 36 [[Destricts o Pakistan|destricts]] in Punjab, Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/portal/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-11c93de95dd-1009f;jsessionid=0a00000230d785df0507a90e49fa9af7f835de7bb79d.e34Ma3iPcheLci0Lc3iSc3mNaNmKe6fznA5Pp7ftolbGmkTy?nav=left|title= Government of Punjab - Districts|access-date= 2011-10-04|archive-date= 2011-10-01|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111001203418/http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/portal/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-11c93de95dd-1009f;jsessionid=0a00000230d785df0507a90e49fa9af7f835de7bb79d.e34Ma3iPcheLci0Lc3iSc3mNaNmKe6fznA5Pp7ftolbGmkTy?nav=left|url-status= dead}}</ref>

{{Districts of Punjab|Districts of Punjab (Pakistan) Map}}

==Major ceeties==
{{Main|Leet o ceeties in Punjab (Pakistan)}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 70% ; font-size: 85%; border: #999 solid 1px; text-align: lcenter; margin-bottom: 0; margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! align=center colspan=5 style="background:YellowGreen;"| '''Leet o major ceeties in Punjab'''
|-
! align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | Rank
! align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | Ceety
! align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | Destrict
! align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | Population

! rowspan=11 width:150|
<br />[[Lahore]]<br />
[[File:Gumti.jpg|border|80px]]<br />[[Faisalabad]]<br />
<br />[[Rawalpindi]]<br />
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 1 ||align=left | '''[[Lahore]]''' ||align=left | [[Lahore Destrict|Lahore]] || 7,129,609
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 2 ||align=left | '''[[Faisalabad]]''' ||align=left | [[Faisalabad Destrict|Faisalabad]] || 2,880,675
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 3 ||align=left | '''[[Rawalpindi]]''' ||align=left | [[Rawalpindi Destrict|Rawalpindi]] || 1,991,656
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 4 ||align=left | '''[[Multan]]''' ||align=left | [[Multan Destrict|Multan]] || 1,606,481
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 5 ||align=left | '''[[Gujranwala]]''' ||align=left | [[Gujranwala Destrict|Gujranwala]] || 1,569,090
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 6 ||align=left | '''[[Sargodha]]''' ||align=left | [[Sargodha Destrict|Sargodha]] || 600,501
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 7 ||align=left | '''[[Bahawalpur]]''' ||align=left | [[Bahawalpur Destrict|Bahawalpur]] || 543,929
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 8 ||align=left | '''[[Sialkot]]''' ||align=left | [[Sialkot Destrict|Sialkot]] || 510,863
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 9 ||align=left | '''[[Sheikhupura]]''' ||align=left | [[Sheikhupura Destrict|Sheikhupura]] || 426,980
|-
| align=center style="background:YellowGreen;" | 10 ||align=left | '''[[Jhang]]''' ||align=left | [[Jhang Destrict|Jhang]] || 372,645
|-
|align=center colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5;"| '''Source: Warld Gazetteer 2010<ref name="World Gazetteer">{{cite web|title=Pakistan: Largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-172&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pnan|accessdate=2011-02-10|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131017035730/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-172&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pnan|archivedate=2013-10-17|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5"| '''This is a leet o each ceety's urban populations an daes no indicate tot destrict populations'''
|-
|}

==References==
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==Freemit airtins==
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*[http://www.punjab.gov.pk Govrenment o the Punjab, Pakistan]
*{{dmoz|Regional/Asia/Pakistan/Provinces/Punjab}}
* Guide o [http://dmoz.pk/Provinces/Punjab/ Punjab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919203232/http://dmoz.pk/Provinces/Punjab/ |date=2017-09-19 }}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Punjab
|North     = [[Islamabad Caipital Territory]]
|Northeast = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]<br>[[Azad Kashmir]]<br>''[[Kashmir conflict|Disputit territory]]''
|East      = [[Punjab (Indie)|Punjab]], {{flag|Indie}}
|Southeast = [[Rajasthan]], {{flag|Indie}}
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Sindh]]
|West      = [[Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries]]<br>[[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]]
|Northwest = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
}}

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