Chakwal

About Chakwal

Chakwal (Punjabi and Urdu: چکوال) is a city in Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

It is the 48th most populous city of Pakistan. Chakwal is located 90 kilometres (56 mi) south-west of the federal capital, Islamabad and 270 kilometres (170 mi) from the provincial capital, Lahore. It is accessible by both the Islamabad International Airport and the Lahore International Airport.

Chakwal is part of the Pothohar Plateau region, with flat to gently undulating land broken up by gullies and low hill ranges. Chakwal's landscape features the canyons in Thirchak-Mahal. There are man-made and natural lakes around the city in neighbouring communities. The climate is semi-arid to sub-humid, with highly erratic rainfall patterns that occur during the monsoon season, ranging from 250 mm to 1500 mm annually. These variations often cause soil erosion and occasional flooding.

Chakwal was created as an independent district of Rawalpindi in 1985 by combining sub division Chakwal of district Jhelum, sub division Talagang of district Attock and the police station Choa Saidan Shah, carved out of sub division Pind Dadan Khan of district Jhelum.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA. Photography via Wikimedia Commons.