Chunian
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Chunian (), is a historic city and the capital of Chunian Tehsil of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 30° 58' N 73° 51' E and at an elevation of 177 meters (583 feet), and lies about 70 km south of Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is the headquarters of a tehsil or revenue sub-division of the same name in Kasur District. Before 1976 this city was the part or tehsil of Lahore district. The city is administratively subdivided into two union councils.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in PK, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Chunian is referenced by 105 other articles, and connects out to Kasur District, Punjab and Kasur Tehsil.
It sits within the topics Populated places in Kasur District and Use Pakistani English from March 2023.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- چونیاں
- Region
- پنجاب
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 57,312
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chunian
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kasur District
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 186
- Settlement.population_total
- 634,236
- Settlement.timezone1
- PST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +5
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Calling code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Chunian Tehsil
- Population
- 64386
- Elevation
- 186
- Capital of
- Chunian Tehsil
- Shares border with
- Hujra Shah Muqeem
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- Commons category
- Chunian (city)
- P12749
- Western Xia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Economy
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Chunian (), is a historic city and the capital of Chunian Tehsil of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 30° 58' N 73° 51' E and at an elevation of 177 meters (583 feet), and lies about 70 km south of Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is the headquarters of a tehsil or revenue sub-division of the same name in Kasur District. Before 1976 this city was the part or tehsil of Lahore district. The city is administratively subdivided into two union councils.
As per census, Chunian city had a population of 47,600 people in the year 1998 . It is located on the Pattoki-Kasur road at a major junction of local roads. The city is located on the right bank of the former Beas River bed. Beas changed its course several centuries ago.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chunian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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