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Khushab
خُوشاب | |
|---|---|
 Khushab Road | |
  Khushab Location of Khushab  Khushab Khushab (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′55″N 72°21′3″E / 32.29861°N 72.35083°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Sargodha |
| District | Khushab |
| Population | |
| • City | 139,905 |
| • Rank | 77th, Pakistan |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 |
| Area code | 0454 |
| Website | www |
| Khushab Official Website | |
Khushab (punjabi: خُوشاب) is a city as well as a district of Sargodha Division, located in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[2] The word Khushab means "sweet water." Khushab city also serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district Khushab.[3] It is the 77th most populous city of Pakistan.
The city of Khushab is the location of the Khushab Nuclear Complex,[4] a critical part of Pakistan's Special Weapons Programme.[5]
- ^ "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major town". Punjab (Pakistan): Province and Major Cities, Municipalities & Towns. Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Tehsil statistics (Government of Pakistan, Statistics Division) Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Khushab - Government of Pakistan Archived 24 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Special Weapons Program of Pakistan, Federation of American Scientists website
- ^ Shahzeb Jillani, "South Asia arms race - is it paranoia?", BBC News, 25 July 2006