Malakwal
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Malakwal ملکوال |
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| Coordinates: 32°33′11″N 73°12′24″E / 32.55306°N 73.20667°ECoordinates: 32°33′11″N 73°12′24″E / 32.55306°N 73.20667°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Mandi Bahauddin |
| Tehsil | Malakwal |
| No. of Union councils | 17 |
| Banks | No. of 9 |
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| • Language | Punjabi/Urdu |
| Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,81,710 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST (UTC+6) |
| Postal Code | 50530 |
| Area code(s) | 0546 |
Malakwal (Urdu: ملکوال ) is a city in Mandi Bahauddin District, Punjab, Pakistan.
MALAKWAL is a Tehsil and Sub divisional headquarter in Mandi Bahuddin District of province PUNJAB in Pakistan. It is located approximately 200 Kilometers south east of the Capital Islamabad, and approximately 35 Kilometers from its district headquarters Mandi Bahauddin. It has moderate climate. During peak summer the day temperature rises to 40 °C, and falls to 2 °C in the months of December and January.
Malakwal is renowned for its Railway Junction,Malakwal Railway station was established on 1906,which prior to 2002 brought locomotive fans from all over the world to the city to view their SPS and SGS class locomotives, which were at the time the last on the Indo Pak subcontinent.
The students of Malakwal are getting best knowledge from these institutes:-
Effa School system
Mandi Bahaudddin is located in between two famous rivers, i.e., Jhelum River and River Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers, the land is good for cultivation with rice, wheat and sugar cane as main crops. It is bounded on the south by the river Chenab, separating it from the districts of Gujranwala and Hafizabad, bounded on the north by the river Jhelum separating it from district Jhelum, on the east by district Gujrat and on the south west by District Sargodha. Mandi Bahauddin is located in the central portion of Chaj Doab, lying between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. It lies between 30-8 to 32-40 degrees latitude and 73-36 to 73-37 degrees east longitude.
In 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, took over the Ghaznavid dynasty empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin, In 1005 he conquered the Shahis in Kabul in 1005, and followed it by the conquests of Punjab region. The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region. The Punjab region became predominantly Muslim due to missionary Sufi saints whose dargahs dot the landscape of Punjab region.
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