Hafizabad
ضلع حافظ آباد | |
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 Greenery near Jallan | |
 Map of Punjab with Hafizabad District highlighted | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Gujrat |
| Headquarters | Hafizabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Member of National Assembly | Shaukat Ali Bhatti (Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf) |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mr. Abdul Razzaq |
| • Assistant commissioner | Mr.Sohail Riaz |
| Area | |
| • District of Punjab | 2,367 km2 (914 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • District of Punjab | 1,319,909 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 504,380 |
| • Rural | 815,529 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0547 |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
| Website | hafizabad |
Hafizabad District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع حافظ آباد) is located in Punjab, Pakistan. Hafizabad was made a district in 1993; formerly, it was a tehsil of Gujranwala District. It is situated in central Punjab and is known for its rice industry on the agricultural side and rice industry on the industrial side and have top 5 exporters of rice from Pakistan.[3]
The capital of the district, Hafizabad, known for strengthening the administration of Punjab.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ Hafizabad on Punjab Portal website Archived 24 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 May 2021