Chishtian | |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Settlement Type: | City |
Other Name: | Chishtian Shareef |
Image Blank Emblem: | Municipal Committee Chishtian.jpg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Municipal Committee logo |
Blank Emblem Alt: | Municipal Committee Chishtian |
Blank Emblem Size: | 100px |
Pushpin Map: | Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pakistan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahawalnagar |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Chishtian |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Municipal Committee |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | None (Vacant)[2] |
Leader Title1: | Vice Chairman |
Leader Name1: | None (Vacant) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 149,939 |
Total Type: | City |
Population Rank: | 59th, Pakistan |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Timezone Dst: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 29.8°N 122°W |
Elevation M: | 155 |
Elevation Ft: | 511 |
Postal Code Type: | < > |
Area Code: | 62350 (ZIP), 063(Landline) |
Website: | MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE CHISHTIAN |
Chishtian (Punjabi, Urdu: {{Nastaliq|چشتیاں) is a city in Bahawalnagar district in Punjab Province, Pakistan. For administrative purposes, it is a part of the similarly named Chishtian Tehsil. It is the 59th largest city of Pakistan by population.
A branch of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre is based in Chishtian.[5]
The city experienced armed sectarian violence in 2013 between Sunni and Shia Muslims. The local authorities called in the Pakistan Army to bring order to the situation, which may have been a reaction to similar violence in Rawalpindi on the preceding day.[6]
Chishtian is considered to have a Hot Desert climate (BWh) according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The mean yearly temperature recorded in Chishtian is 25.9C and precipitation is virtually non-existent throughout the year, amounting to about 264mm per year.[7]