Rajanpur
Rajanpur (Urdu: راجن پُور), is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River. it is a narrow, 32 kilometres (20 mi) to 64 kilometres (40 mi) wide strip of land sandwiched between the Indus River on the east and the Sulaiman Mountains on the west.
Rajanpur
راجن پور | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Gateway of Rajanpur's Harand Fort | |
  Rajanpur  Rajanpur | |
| Coordinates: 29°6′15″N 70°19′29″E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| District | Rajanpur |
| Foundation of Old City | 1770s |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Committee |
| • Chairman | Kunawar Kamal Akhtar |
| • Vice Chairman | Ch. Naeem Saqib Advocate |
| • Chief Officer | Syed Masood-ur-Rauf Ahmad Rizvi Qazi |
| • Municipal Officer (Finance) | Muhammad Akram Bari |
| • Computer Section | Abdullah Hussain Dreshak |
| Population | |
| • City | 99,089 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +6 |
| Postal code | 33500 |
| Dialling code | 604[3] |
| Acronym | RJP |
| Demonym | Rajanpuri |
| Highways |  N-55 |
| Website | http://www.mcrajanpur.lgpunjab.org.pk/ |
History
Rajanpur was founded in 1732-33 by Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah,[4][5] from whom the city's name derives.[6] Sheikh Rajan established Rajanpur in an area that he had captured from Nahar tribesmen.[4] The settlement remained a largely unimportant village until flooding in 1862 severely damaged the nearby district headquarters at Mithankot - leading to the transfer of government offices to Rajanpur.[4] A small dispensary clinic was established in Rajanpur that same year.[7] Rajanpur was then constituted as a municipality in 1873.[4]
See also
References
- "Municipal Committee Rajanpur". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- https://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-Punjab.html?cityid=11398
- "National Dialing Codes". Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series. Supt. of Govt. Print. 1908.
- Rashid, Haroon (2008). History of the Pathans: The Ghurghushti, Beitani and Matti tribes of Pathans. Haroon Rashid.
- (Firm), Cosmo Publications (2000). The Pakistan gazetteer. Cosmo Publications. ISBN 9788170208822.
- Punjab District Gazetteers: Ibbetson series, 1883-1884]. Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government. 1883.