Chishtian

Chishtian

چشتیاں‬
Chishtian Shareef
Chishtian چشتیاں‬ Chishtian Shareef
City
	Municipal Committee logo
	Chishtian Location in Pakistan Chishtian Chishtian (Pakistan)
	Coordinates: 29°48′N 72°50′E / 29.800°N 72.833°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Bahawalnagar
Tehsil	Chishtian
Government
• Type	Municipal Committee
• Chairman	None (Vacant)
• Vice Chairman	None (Vacant)
Elevation	511 ft (155 m)
Population (2017)
• City	149,939
• Rank	59th, Pakistan
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	+6
Area code(s)	62350 (ZIP), 063(Landline)
Website	MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE CHISHTIAN

Chishtian (Punjabi, Urdu: چشتیاں) is a city in Bahawalnagar district in Punjab Province, Pakistan. For administrative purposes, it is a part of the similarly named Chishtian Tehsil. It is the 59th largest city of Pakistan by population.

Education

Healthcare

A branch of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre is based in Chishtian.^[5]

Religion

The city experienced armed sectarian violence in 2013 between Sunni and Shia Muslims. The local authorities called in the Pakistan Army to bring order to the situation, which may have been a reaction to similar violence in Rawalpindi on the preceding day.^[6]

Climate

Chishtian is considered to have a Hot Desert climate (BWh) according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The mean yearly temperature recorded in Chishtian is 25.9 °C (78.6 °F) and precipitation is virtually non-existent throughout the year, amounting to about 264 millimetres (10.4 inches) per year.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Administrators' appointments planned as Punjab LG system dissolves today". The Nation (newspaper). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE CHISHTIAN". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: PUNJAB (BAHAWALNAGAR DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
^ "Chishtian".
^ "Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre". Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Army called in to quell clashes in Multan, Chishtian". Dawn. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Chishtian Climate". Climate Data. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

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[tn-1] "Administrators' appointments planned as Punjab LG system dissolves today". The Nation (newspaper). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[mc-web-2] "MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE CHISHTIAN". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[census2017-3] "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: PUNJAB (BAHAWALNAGAR DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[4] "Chishtian".

[5] "Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre". Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[6] "Army called in to quell clashes in Multan, Chishtian". Dawn. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[7] "Chishtian Climate". Climate Data. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

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