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Map of the proposed province of South Punjab (red) in Punjab. South Punjab (Urdu: جنوبی پنجاب, romanized: Junūbī Panjāb), [1] [2] also proposed as Bahawalpur-South Punjab [3] or Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab, [4] are the names for the proposals to create a new province in Pakistan, out of the southern regions of Punjab. [5]
From 1955 - 1970, the province of West Punjab ceased to exist, never to return. The death of the province brought the rise of divisions as the primary form of organizing Pakistan's districts, instead of provinces. The area covering former West Punjab, though, kept the same districts and divisions through 1961 (and the 1961 census) as it did in ...
Bahawalpur is located in the southeast of Punjab province, the capital, Bahawalpur city, is 889 km from Karachi. The region surrounding Bahawalpur to the west, called the Sindh, is a fertile alluvial tract in the Sutlej River valley that is irrigated by floodwaters, planted with groves of date palms, and thickly populated.
Punjab province is bordered by Sindh to the south, the province of Balochistan to the southwest, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, and the Islamabad Capital Territory and Azad Kashmir in the north. Punjab borders Jammu and Kashmir in the north, and the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east.
The divisions of Punjab (Urdu: پنجاب کےڈویژن), are the first-order administrative bodies of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. In total, there are 10 divisions, which are further divided into districts ranging from three to six per division, depending upon area.
South Punjab may refer to: South Punjab (region), the southern part of the region of Punjab in South Asia; South Punjab Province, a proposed province in Pakistan;
To the south lay Sindh and Rajputana, while on the east the rivers Jumna and Tons separated it from the United Provinces. [104] In total Punjab had an area of approximately 357 000 km square about the same size as modern day Germany, being one of the largest provinces of the British Raj. Map of the Punjab Province (British India)
Bahawalpur Division (Punjabi: بہاولپور ڈویژن; Urdu: بہاول پور ڈویژن) is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government but division system was restored again in 2008. [3] [4]