Jatoi
جتوئی | |
|---|---|
| Jatoi | |
  Jatoi  Jatoi | |
| Coordinates: 29°30′24.2″N 70°50′47.1″E / 29.506722°N 70.846417°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| District | Muzaffargarh |
| Population | |
| • City | 109,424 |
| • Rank | 91st, Pakistan |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 066 |
Jatoi (Urdu: جتوئی) is the capital city of Jatoi Tehsil (an administrative subdivision), in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 91st largest city of Pakistan by population.
The city has several schools such as Govt. Boys Degree College & High Schools for Boys & Girls.The Govt. Girls Degree college was built recently in 2013. It also has a large number of private institutions. There is Sardar Kaure Khan Jatoi park and library that will be built soon by Kauray Khan trust in the name of Sardar Kaure Khan Jatoi. Jatoi is an agricultural city, with very fertile soil and water provided by a canal system and tube wells, producing two or three crops in a year.
Major crops are cotton, wheat, sugarcane, rice, and sunflower. The major fruits are mango, dates and jamun. Politicians include Sardar Abdul Qayyum Jatoi, Syed Abdullah Shah Bukhari and their sons, and later ones including Khan Muhammad Khan, Sami Ullah khan Laghari, Syed Jameel Shah Bukhari, Syed Azhar Hussain Shah, Syed Mazhar Hussain Shah, Syed Shreef Hussain Shah, Rana Wakeel & Malik Abdul Rasheed (Bao Rasheed).
The city has a mosque, located in the Kotla Rehm Ali shah, a rural part of Jatoi Tehsil. The mosque is a symbol of spirituality for the people of Jatoi. The literacy rate is about 5%. The environment has been damaged by intensive felling of trees; but in 2012 more than 1000 trees were planted. About 10 KM away from Jatoi City, lies the famous Mosque Jamia Sakeena-Tu-Sughra.[2]