Muzaffargarh is a district

Districts of Pakistan

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 in the south of the Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

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 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is part of Saraiki Waseb. It is spread over an area of 8,249 km². Muzaffargarh District lies in the strip between the rivers Chenab and Indus, which pass along the Eastern and Western boundaries respectively of the district and form a triangle at Alipur tehsil of the district. The district is bounded on the north by district Layyah, on the south by Bahawalpur and Rahimyar Khan districts across the river Chenab. Districts Multan and Khanewal are on the eastern side of district Muzaffargarh, across the river Chenab. District Jhang touches it on the northeast. Dera Gahzi Khan and Rajanpur districts lie on the western side across the river Indus. It is one of oldest districts of Punjab. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the population of the district was 2,635,903, of which 12.75% were urban.

History

Muzaffar Garh is one of the oldest districts of Punjab established in 1861 by the British. The district traces its name from its main town Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh is a city in southwestern Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of the Chenab River. The Town of Muzaffargarh was founded in 1794 by the Governor of Mulran Nawab Muzaffar Khan.The Meaning of Muzaffargarh is "Fort of Muzaffar" because the old town lies inside the walls of a fort built...

 which in turn was named after its founder Nawab Muzaffar Khan. The word Muzaffar Garh means the "The Fort of Muzaffar" due the fact that the old city is encompassed by the fort built by Nawab Muzaffar Khan in 1794.

Time of Muzafargarh is adopted as Pakistan Standard Time.

Climate and general soil conditions

Muzaffargarh District has extreme hot and cold climates throughout its area. A large area of the district consists of sand dunes and barren land. Almost all the area of tehsil Alipur and some parts of Muzaffargarh tehsil are flooded each year.

Administration

The district is administratively divided into the following four tehsil

Tehsil

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s (subdivisions), which contain a total of 93 Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

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Tehsil	No. of Unions
Alipur	14
Jatoi Jatoi Tehsil Jatoi is a tehsil of Muzaffargarh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, it is administratively subdivided into 16 Union Councils. The main language spoken there is Saraiki....	16
Kot Addu Kot Addu Tehsil Kot Addu Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Muzaffargarh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Kot Addu is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 28 Union Councils....	27
Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh Tehsil Muzaffargarh Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Muzaffargarh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Muzaffargarh was founded by Nawab Muzaffar Khan some 200 years ago. It lies between the two rivers Chenab and Sindh. According to the latest census 1998 its population is...	35
Total	93

Main towns

The district's towns include Khangarh,Rohillanwali, Shaher Sultan, Rangpur, Gujrat,Budh, Mehmood Kot, Sinawan, Thatta Gurmani, Daira Din Panah, Chowk Sarwar Shaheed, Shah Jamal,Mahr pur, Baseera, Wasandaywali, Jalwala Pir Amir,Binda Ishaq, Ehsan Pur, Bakaini, Seet Pur Murad Abad, Ghazi Ghaat and Karam Dad Quresh & Douna
alipur and jatoi

Educational Institutions

Although Muzaffar Garh is one of the oldest and largest districts of Pakistan by area and population but still it does not have even a single university. The literacy rate is one of the lowest in the country. However regardless of this hapless scenario, the beacons of light still spread throughout the country from this region through its well-known academic educational institutions at the secondary level. The famous academies include Superior Science Secondary School, Misali Zikriya Higher Secondary School,the main school is pakistan inter science college.

Major Crops

Wheat, sugarcane and cotton are the main crops grown in the district. Rice, jawar, bajra, moong, mash, masoor, ground nuts, maize and oil seeds such as rape / mustard and sunflower are also grown in minor quantities in the district.

Fruits

Mangoes, dates, citrus and pomegranate are the main fruits grown in the district. Dates, jaman, pears, phalsa and bananas are also grown in minor quantities in the district.

Vegetables

Onions, carrots, cauliflower and peas are the main vegetables grown in the district. Ladyfinger, turnips, tomatoes, potatoes, garlic and chillies are also grown in the district in minor quantities.

Forests

An area of 100,864 acres is forested in the district. There is also linear plantation of 1250 A.V. mile the roads/rails/canals in the district. Trees grown in the area are kikar, shisham, millbury, eucalyptus, bamboo and coconut.

Major industries

The district's major industries include cotton ginning and pressing, flour mills, jute textile, oil mills, paper/paperboard articles, petroleum products, polypropylene bags, power generation, readymade garments, solvent extraction, sugar, textile composite and textile spinning.

PARCO

PARCO's Mid-Country Refinery is the country's latest, largest and most complex refinery and employs critical processes involved in refining. Commissioned in the year 2000, PARCO’s 100,000 barrels per day, state-of-the-art Mid-Country Refinery (MCR) at Mahmood Kot in Muzaffar Garh, represents about 35% of Pakistan’s refining capacity. It helps substitute import of refined, value-added oil products to the tune of US$ 100 million per year. The MCR mainly processes crude oil of Upper Zakum from Abu Dhabi and light Arabian crude from Saudi Arabia.

KAPCO

Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) was incorporated in 1996 with the purpose of contributing economic power to the national grid. KAPCO has shown exceptional results in the area of plant maintenance, availability, quality standards and financial performance. In April 2005 KAPCO was formally listed on all the three Stock Exchanges of Pakistan.

AES Lalpir

Lal Pir (Pvt.) Limited owns and operates Lal Pir Thermal Power station, the most efficient power plant in Pakistan. It is located in Muzaffargarh.

TPS Muzaffargarh

The Thermal Power Station Muzaffargarh consists of 3 oil fired steam operated units of 210 MW, each with provision of adding another 3 units of same or more capacity.

notable residents

Got awards on many National and International forums
IIMC award(held by UN)

Ghulam Mustafa Khar- Former Federal Minister for Water & Power, Governor Punjab and Chief Minister, Punjab
Sohail Abbas has Highest number of goals in Hockey Matches Ever, belongs from Muzaffar Garh (Pride of Muzaffar Garh).