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The following table lists the 81 cities in Punjab with a population of at least 100,000 on 1 March 2023, according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan. [1] [2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.
As of the 2023 Census, there are two megacities, ten million-plus cities, and 100 cities having a population of 100,000 or more. Of these 100 cities, 58 are located in the country's most populous province, Punjab , 22 in Sindh , 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , six in Balochistan , two in Azad Kashmir , and one in Islamabad Capital Territory .
The former province is today part of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh states and Chandigarh union territory in India, and Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory in Pakistan. This list deals with the areas within city administrative boundaries (city propers), urban areas, and metropolitan areas.
Awan Sharif: Village: Gujrat Aaliwala: Town: Dera Ghazi Khan Abbakhel: Village: Mianwali Abbasian Wala: Village: Bhakkar Abdul Hakeem: City: Khanewal Achh: Village
Lahore (/ l ə ˈ h ɔːr / lə-HOR; Punjabi: لہور [lɔː˩˥ɾ]; Urdu: لاہور [laːˈɦɔːɾ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 27th largest in the world, with a population of over 14 million. [17]
The 2023 Census of Pakistan was the detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population and the seventh national census in the country. [1] [2] [3] It was conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. [4] It was also the first ever digital census to be held in Pakistan, including the first in South Asian history. [5]
Karachi is one of the world's fastest-growing cities, [32] and has significant communities representing almost every ethnic group in Pakistan. Karachi holds more than two million Bengali immigrants, a million Afghan refugees, and up to 400,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar. [33] [34] [35] Karachi is now Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre.
This is a list of metropolitan areas in Pakistan. These metropolitan areas are home to about 20% of the population or about 46 million Pakistanis . Every Pakistani city with a population of 500,000 or more is considered a metropolitan area.