Sohawa
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| Coordinates: 33°07′55″N 73°25′12″E / 33.13194°N 73.42000°ECoordinates: 33°07′55″N 73°25′12″E / 33.13194°N 73.42000°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Jhelum |
| Government | |
| • MPA | Owais Khaled |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Postal code | 49230 |
| Calling code | 0544 |
Sohawa is a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and is the capital of the Sohawa Tehsil, which is an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District in Punjab. Sohawa has grown from a small village in 1947 to a large town in 2014, development in transportation, education and health has played a major role in the development of the town. In general there are small towns at roughly at 10 mile intervals along the great trunk road between Peshawar to the border of India near Lahore.
The etymology of the name Sohawa has not been proven, but according to folk etymology the original name was Soo Awa which means "100 furnaces of potters". Sohawa was originally a small village near to Khoraka, after several years of human settlement in these two villages, the original village of Soahwa and Khoraka merged with each other and the present town of Sohawa was formed that contained market of all types. The original village is part of the main town(khoraka) and called "Ward #1" or Purana Sohawa (literally "old Sohawa").Sohawa is well known for its natural beauty and the energetic youth.
Sohawa is located in north-western part of the district Jhelum, Punjab lies on the subcontinental Grand Trunk Road super highway between Gujar Khan and Dina (Islamabad-Lahore) The geographical coordinates of its weather station are 33° 07' 15" North, 73° 25' 34". One sign of Sohawa is the toll plaza by the name of 'Tarakki' on the Grand Trunk Road. Bazaars of Sohawa attracts people from nearby villages, these bazaars are located both sides of G.T.Road. Major towns or villages of Sohawa Tehsil are Kot Dhamiak, Chak Tareda, Domeli, Lehri, Dewan-e-Hazoori, Bakrala, Dhouk Aamb, Sasral and Daiwal etc.
The population mostly consists of different types of tribes. The major profession of people is service in Armed Forces, hence they are generally disciplined and law abiding. A large number of people of Sohawa are settled in foreign countries particularly Western Europe and Middle East. Main source of livelihood of the people is agriculture.
However, due to its semi-arid climate and lack of government planning and implementation, irrigation for cash crops is insufficient even though this region has ample rainfall for storage and harvest of its water resources, is in the approximate middle of two major economic market hubs (Islamabad/Rawalpindi and Lahore) and has ideal terrain for the construction of small dams and irrigation reservoirs required to overcome water shortages. None the less, an exodus of the local population to foreign countries and domestic urban areas in the search of livelihoods as well as better living facilities has caused for most of its civil society to quit the region. Even though many of those take pride in their homeland and visit when possible but the persisting lack of human development institutions and agencies does not allow for permanent residence in the region for those who have become accustomed to urbanized living.
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