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Situated In The East Central Part Of Pakistan, This Is Punjab, One Of The Four Provinces Of Pakistan, And The Most Populated One. With A Total Area Of Roughly 205,344 Square Kilometres. Punjab Is The Second Largest Province In Pakistan By Area After Balochistan, And Covers Roughly 25.8% Of The Total Landmass Of Pakistan. Punjab Shares It's Borders With Several Other Pakistani Provinces, It Is Bordered By Sindh To The South, Balochistan To The Southwest, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa To The Northwest, And By The Disputed Region Of Azad Kashmir In The Northeast. It Also Surrounds The Federal Enclave Of The National Capital City Of Islamabad. Punjab Also Shares International Borders With The Indian States Of Punjab To The East, Rajasthan To The Southeast, And With The Union Territory Of Jammu And Kashmir To The Northeast. The Name Punjab Comes From Two Persian Words, Panj Meaning Five, And Aab, Meaning Water, Together This Words Imply “land Of Five Waters.” This Refers To The Five Major Rivers Of The Historic Punjab Region (Before 1947), The Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, And Sutlej. All This Five Rivers Are Tributaries Of The Indus River, Which Flows Along Punjab’s Western Side. Although The Beas River Now Lies Entirely In India, It Was Historically Included As One Of The Five Rivers Of Punjab Before The Partition Of British India In 1947. The Term 'punjab' Was First Popularized In Persian Chronicles And Became Widely Used During The Mughal Era. However, Even Earlier, The Region Was Known By Its Sanskrit Name, "Pancha-nada" Where “pancha” Means Five, And “nada” Means River. Just Like Its Persian Counterpart, It Meant “land Of Five Rivers,” And It Appears In Several Ancient Indian Texts. Punjab Has A Predominantly Flat, Fertile Landscape, Making It The Agricultural Heartland Of Pakistan. Its Landscape Mostly Consists Of Fertile Alluvial Plains Of The Indus River And Its Four Major Tributaries In Pakistan, The Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, And Sutlej Rivers Which Traverse Punjab North To South. The Landscape Is Amongst The Most Heavily Irrigated Places On Earth And Canals Can Be Found Throughout The Province. Punjab Also Includes Several Mountainous Regions, Including The Sulaiman Mountains (Southern Extension Of The Hindu Kush Mountain System), In The Southwest Part Of The Province, The Margalla Hills In The North Near Islamabad, And The Salt Range, Which Divides The Most Northerly Portion Of Punjab, The Pothohar Plateau, From The Rest Of The Province. The Pothohar Plateau Is A Large, Dry, And Hilly Area Situated Between Indus River To The West And The Jhelum River To The East. It Is Bounded By The Salt Range To The South, The Margalla Hills To The Northeast, And The Kala Chitta Range To The Northwest. The Southern End Of The Plateau Is Bounded By The Thal Desert. The Plateau Covers An Area Of Roughly 5000 Square Miles. The Plateau Elevation Range From An Average Height Of 1200 To 1900 Feet Above The Sea Level. The Soan River Is The Primary Drainage System, Flowing East To West And Cutting Through The Plateau, Along With Several Smaller Streams, The Potohar Plateau Is Also Part Of The Transitional Zone Between The Fertile Plains Of Punjab And The Mountainous Regions Of The North, Making It Ecologically Diverse With Semi-arid Vegetation And Scrub Forests. Punjab, Along With Its Fertile Landscape, Also Features Two Main Desert Regions. Thal Desert And The Cholistan Desert. The Thal Desert Lies In Central Punjab Between The Jhelum, Chenab And The Indus River, While Cholistan Desert, Which Is A Part Of The Larger Thar Desert, Occupies The Southeastern Part Of The Province. Punjab Is Administratively Divided Into 10 Divisions, Which Are Further Divided Into 41 Districts. The Capital And Largest City Is Lahore, Which Was The Capital Of The Wider Punjab Region Since 17th Century. Other Important Cities Include Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Multan, Sialkot, And Bahawalpur. Due To Its Central Location And Rich Alluvial Plains, Punjab Plays A Crucial Role In Pakistan’s Economy, Politics, And Culture. It Is The Most Populous And Economically Significant Province Of Pakistan. Punjab's Has A Population Is Roughly 127 Million , Accounting For Nearly 52.5 % Of Pakistan's Total Population, Making It The Demographic Heart Of The Country. Economically, Punjab Contributes Roughly 60% Of Pakistan’s Gdp , Driven By Its Robust Agriculture, Manufacturing, And Services Sectors. Punjab Is Often Referred To As The "Breadbasket" Of Pakistan, Particularly Because Of Its Fertile Soil And Well-developed Canal Irrigation System, It Produces The Majority Of The Country’s Staple Crops Such As Wheat, Rice, Cotton, Sugarcane, And Maize. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Divider by Chris Zabriskie http://chriszabriskie.com Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_divider Music promoted by Audio Library    • Divider – Chris Zabriskie (No Copyright Mu...   –––––––––––––––––––––– ://chriszabriskie.com