Attock
Attock District
Population: 2.17 million (2023)
North-western Punjab on the Indus. Attock Fort looks over the river crossing toward KP.
Capital: Lahore · Population: 127,688,922 (2023 baseline) · Area: 205,344 km² · Administrative units: 41 district pages.
Punjab is the cultural heartland of Sufi poetry, Qawwali, Bhangra and harvest festivals such as Basant. Major languages are Punjabi and Saraiki. Historic cities include Lahore, Multan and Taxila.
Highest number of universities and colleges in the country, including University of the Punjab, UET Lahore and UVAS.
Dense public hospital network in northern and central districts; southern Punjab still needs more specialists.
Use the district pages below for headquarters, population notes, public services, history, geography and local places. Figures are based on public sources; check the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics for the latest official tables.
Population: 2.17 million (2023)
North-western Punjab on the Indus. Attock Fort looks over the river crossing toward KP.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
South-eastern Punjab on the Indian border, once part of Bahawalpur State.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Former princely state. Palaces, the Noor Mahal area and the gateway to Cholistan Desert.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Thal desert district on the left bank of the Indus.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Salt Range and Potohar plateau. Many families have a long military tradition.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Famous for wood carving and furniture on the Chenab.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Gateway between southern Punjab and the Sulaiman mountains.
Population: About 7.9 million (2023 district)
Textile capital of Pakistan, laid out as Lyallpur in British canal-colony years.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Industrial city of Punjab’s north-east, known for electrical goods and food.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Chenab district known for furniture, ceramics and overseas workers.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Land of the Heer-Ranjha story, at the meeting of Chenab and Jhelum systems.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Grand Trunk Road and the river Jhelum. Rohtas Fort is nearby in this historic belt.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
South of Lahore, shrine of Baba Bullhe Shah and a busy border district.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Railway junction district in the Multan division.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Salt Range and Soon Valley on one side, Thal on the other.
Population: About 13.0 million (2023)
Provincial capital. Walled City, Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Fort, and Pakistan’s densest university cluster.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Thal district between the Indus and Chenab systems.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Compact cotton-wheat district south of Multan.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Between Jhelum and Chenab, known as a clean planned mandi town.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Western Punjab on the Salt Range and Indus. Lakes and namak-era geology.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
City of saints. One of the oldest urban centres in South Asia, now a south-Punjab hub.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Between Chenab and Indus. Repeatedly hit by river floods.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Birthplace of Guru Nanak. A district created from Sheikhupura.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
North-east Punjab on the Indian border, including the town of Shakargarh.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Canal-colony dairy and military-farm district.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Shrine of Baba Farid Ganjshakar on the old river route.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Southern-most large district of Punjab, on the road to Sindh.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Foot of the Sulaiman Range. Hill torrents can cut the district in the monsoon.
Population: About 5.7 million (2023)
Twin city of Islamabad. Old bazaars, cantonment, and the road to Murree.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Canal-colony city formerly Montgomery. Cattle breed named after the district.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Citrus capital of Pakistan and a large air-base city.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Hiran Minar and industrial belt west of Lahore.
Population: About 4.5 million (2023)
Export city of sports goods, surgical instruments and leather. Birthplace of Allama Iqbal.
Population: Census 2023 — see PBS
Canal-colony district made famous in literature, now a farm and small-industry belt.
Population: Newer district — confirm latest PBS row
Hill district separated from Rawalpindi. Colonial hill station and the road to Kashmir.
Population: Newer district — confirm latest PBS row
Created from Chakwal. Dry Potohar and salt-range west.
Population: Newer district — confirm latest PBS row
Chenab industrial town, cut out of Gujranwala. Known for cutlery.
Population: Newer district — confirm latest PBS row
Separated from Muzaffargarh on the Indus plain.
Population: Newer district — confirm latest PBS row
Separated from D.G. Khan. Shrine town and the road toward Fort Munro.
Urban crowding in Lahore and Faisalabad, smog, groundwater stress, and the need to expand technical education in southern districts.