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Dhaunkal
دھونکل | |
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Town | |
  Dhaunkal Location of Dhaunkal  Dhaunkal Dhaunkal (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′18″N 74°08′13″E / 32.40500°N 74.13694°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Wazirabad |
| Tehsil | Wazirabad |
| Number of Union Councils | 1 |
| Municipal status | 1981 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2 sq mi (5 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2017) | 19,871 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +5 |
| Postal code type | 52010 |
| Calling code | 0556 |
Dhaunkal (Urdu, Punjabi دھونکل), is a town and Union Council[2] in Wazirabad Tehsil, Wazirabad District, Punjab, Pakistan.[3] It is located on the Lahore-Islamabad Highway, Only 0.5 kilometers away from the district capital, Wazirabad and about 15 kilometres from Gujrat. Dhaunkal is one of the biggest and oldest towns in Wazirabad Tehsil. The population of Dhaunkal is 25,000, of which 10,000 are registered to vote. Due to access to transportation, it is possible to get to Dhaunkal from all over Pakistan in 24 hours because NHA provides full access.
- ^ "GUJRANWALA BLOCKWISE" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ "Punjab Local Government & Community Development Department Notification" (PDF). lgcd.punjab.gov.pk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ Rashid, Salman (1992). Gujranwala, The Glory That Was. Sang-e-Meel Publications. p. 73. ISBN 978-969-35-0191-9.