Jhelum
Jhelum
جہلم | |
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City | |
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  Jhelum Location within Pakistan  Jhelum Jhelum (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°56′33″N 73°43′32″E / 32.94250°N 73.72556°E[1] | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Jhelum |
| Union Councils | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Chairman MC | Khan Sher Bahadur Kaira (PMLN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 233 m (768 ft) |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 145,847 |
| • Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Postal code | 49600 |
| Dialling code | 0544 |
Jhelum /ˈdʒeɪləm/ (Urdu and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.) is a city on the right bank of the Jhelum River, in the district of the same name in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British[4] and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as city of soldiers or land of martyrs.
Pothohar Region
[change | change source]This area is sometimes called North Panjab, Upper Panjab, and Pothohar/Pothwar, and when it is combined with Mirpuri, Poonchi (in Kashmir) and Chibhali is also known as the Pothwari belt.
Pothwari
[change | change source]The Pothwari language in Jhelum is spoken with the local accent or dialect known as Jhelumi.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Location of Jhelum – Falling Rain Genomics". Fallingrain.com. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Jhelum, Pakistan". Weatherbase. 2008.
- ↑ "TRENDS IN REGIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICES: Table 2" (PDF). The United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Globalsecurity - Dominated Recruitment
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