Official Name: | Chawinda |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Coordinates: | 32.3841°N 74.7249°W |
Pushpin Map: | Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab, Pakistan |
Population Total: | 26906 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Elevation M: | 165 |
Leader Title: | MPA |
Leader Name: | Khuram Khan Virk |
Leader Title1: | MNA |
Leader Title2: | Assistant Education Officer |
Leader Name2: | Umer Farooq |
Blank Name Sec2: | Union councils |
Blank Info Sec2: | 121 |
Area Code: | 052 |
Area Code Type: | Calling code |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Chawinda (Urdu: {{nq|چونڈہ) is a city located near village Sehna wali in Pasrur Tehsil, Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan. The town sits at an altitude of 165m (541feet),[1] close to the border with Jammu and Kashmir.
Chawinda was the site of a key tank battle during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, where the Pakistani forces blocked the advance of the Indian Army which had thrust itself into the Sialkot district in an effort to thwart Pakistan's own advances into Indian-administered Kashmir.