Rajanpur Explained

Rajanpur
Official Name:District Rajanpur, Pakistan
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Dera Ghazi Khan
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Rajanpur
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Municipal Committee
Leader Title:Chairman
Leader Name:Kunawar Kamal Akhtar
Leader Title1:Vice Chairman
Leader Name1:Ch. Naeem Saqib Advocate
Leader Title2:Chief Officer
Leader Name2:Syed Masood-ur-Rauf Ahmad Rizvi Qazi
Leader Title3:Municipal Officer (Finance)
Leader Name3:Muhammad Akram Bari
Leader Title4:Computer Section
Leader Name4:Abdullah Hussain Dreshak
Established Title:Foundation of Old City
Established Date:1770s
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:99,089
Total Type:City
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:+5
Timezone Dst:+6
Postal Code:33500
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialling code
Area Code:604[3]
Blank Name:Acronym
Blank Info:RJP
Blank1 Info:Rajanpuri
Blank1 Name:Demonym
Blank2 Name:Highways
Website:http://www.mcrajanpur.lgpunjab.org.pk/

Rajanpur (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{Nastaliq|راجن پُور), is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River. it is a narrow, 32km (20miles) to 64km (40miles) wide strip of land sandwiched between the Indus River on the east and the Sulaiman Mountains on the west. Most of its inhabitants are Saraikis and Baloch with a smaller proportion being Punjabis.

History

Rajanpur by Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah,[4] [5] from whom the city's name derives.[6] Sheikh Rajan established Rajanpur in an area that he had captured from Nahar tribesmen. The settlement remained a largely unimportant village until flooding in 1862 severely damaged the nearby district headquarters at Mithankot - leading to the transfer of government offices to Rajanpur. A small dispensary clinic was established in Rajanpur that same year.[7] Rajanpur was then constituted as a municipality in 1873.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipal Committee Rajanpur. 2018-04-24. Local Government Punjab.
  2. Web site: Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information.
  3. Web site: National Dialing Codes . . 5 April 2012.
  4. Book: Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series. 1908. Supt. of Govt. Print.. en.
  5. Book: Rashid, Haroon. History of the Pathans: The Ghurghushti, Beitani and Matti tribes of Pathans. 2008. Haroon Rashid. en.
  6. Book: (Firm), Cosmo Publications. The Pakistan gazetteer. 2000. Cosmo Publications. 9788170208822. en.
  7. Book: Punjab District Gazetteers: Ibbetson series, 1883-1884.]. 1883. Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government. en.