Khushab

Khushab
خُوشاب
Khushab Road
Khushab Road
Khushab is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Khushab
Khushab
Location of Khushab
Khushab is located in Pakistan
Khushab
Khushab
Khushab (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 32°17′55″N 72°21′3″E / 32.29861°N 72.35083°E / 32.29861; 72.35083
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionSargodha
DistrictKhushab
Population
 • City139,905
 • Rank77th, Pakistan
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6
Area code0454
Websitewww.khushab.gop.pk
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]

  1. ^ "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major town". Punjab (Pakistan): Province and Major Cities, Municipalities & Towns. Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ Tehsil statistics (Government of Pakistan, Statistics Division) Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Khushab - Government of Pakistan Archived 24 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Special Weapons Program of Pakistan, Federation of American Scientists website
  5. ^ Shahzeb Jillani, "South Asia arms race - is it paranoia?", BBC News, 25 July 2006