Kasur District
ضلع قصور | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Division | Lahore |
Headquarters | Kasur |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• District Commissioner | Arshad Bhatti |
• District Police Office (DPO) | Tariq Aziz Sandhu |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 3,995 km2 (1,542 sq mi) |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 4,084,286 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Tehsils | Kasur Kot Radha Kishan Pattoki Chunian |
Website | kasur |
Kasur District (Punjabi, Urdu: ضلع قصور, romanized: Zilā Qasūr), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It came into existence on 1 July 1976;[2] prior to its creation, the area comprised two tehsils (Kasur Tehsil and Chunian Tehsil) of Lahore District.
The district capital is Kasur city, the birth city of the Sufi poet Bulleh Shah, who is well known in that region as well as in the whole of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 3,995 square kilometres.[3]
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