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Bhera
Sign in to saveBhera (; ) is a city tehsil of Sargodha District, in Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is known for wood-carved items, textiles (such as quilts and khussas), and certain desserts (such as pheonian and pateesa).
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- Locality
- بھیرہ
- Region
- پنجاب
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 31,781
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bhera
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Main Mosque of Bhera.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jamia Mosque, 1540
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Bhera
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sargodha
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Calling code
- Settlement.timezone1
- PKT
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Pakistan
- Body of water
- Jhelum River
- Image
- Main Mosque of Bhera.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Bhera (city)
- P12749
- Gatchina Palace
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Bhera (; ) is a city tehsil of Sargodha District, in Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is known for wood-carved items, textiles (such as quilts and khussas), and certain desserts (such as pheonian and pateesa).
The city comprises the walled Old Town and the surrounding newer development. The Old Town is surrounded by tall walls with eight gates, and is divided into mohallas, or neighborhoods; historically, different castes lived in different mohallas. The Jhelum River flows to the north of Bhera.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bhera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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