Pakpattan District
| ضِلع پاکپتّن | |
|---|---|
| District | |
| Pakpattan District | |
 Location of Pakpattan in Punjab. |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Headquarters | Pakpattan |
| Government | |
| • D.C.O | District Co-ordination Officer Under Provincial Government |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 1,286,680 |
| Time zone | PST GMT +5:00 Islamabad, Karachi |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
Pakpattan District (Urdu: ضِلع پاکپتّن), is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan, Pakpattan is the district capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,286,680 of which 14% were urban. It has since risen to 1,563,000.
The district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63 Union Councils:
Pakpattan is the city of the great Saint Baba Farid of Chisti. The original name of Pakpattan was "Ajodhan". It was renamed Pakpattan after it was used for the first time by Saint Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar. The word Pakpattan consists of two words "pak" and "pattan" meaning "clean dockland" (Pattan means a dockland or place where ships or boats stop). The city was given this name by Saint Baba Farid. It is said, once Saint Farid having ablution on the bank of the River Sutlej. One local man told the Saint that this water is unclean and place is dirty then Saint Farid replied to him "no its clean water and place' in the local language "Pak Pattan'.However,King Akbar declared the Name Pakpattan.
The capital Pakpattan is located about 207 km from Lahore and 205 km from Multan. The district is bounded to the northwest by Sahiwal District, to the north by Okara District, to the southeast by the Sutlej River and Bahawalnagar District, and to the southwest by Vehari District.
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