Khushab
ضِلع خُوشاب | |
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 Khushab District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Sargodha Division |
| Established | 2 July 1982[1] |
| Headquarters | Jauharabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Ms. Sarosh Fatima Sherazi |
| • District Police Officer | Touqeer Muhammad Naeem |
| • District Health Officer | Dr Rao Gulzar Yousaf |
| Area | |
| 6,511 km2 (2,514 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023)[3] | |
| 1,501,089 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 418,745 |
| • Rural | 1,082,344 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0454 |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Main language | Punjabi |
| Website | khushab |
Khushab District (Punjabi: ضِلع خُوشاب), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with its administrative capital in Jauharabad. The district is named after the historical city of Khushab.
The district consists of four tehsils: Khushab, Noorpur Thal, Quaidabad and Naushera.[5] Khushab is home to the Heavy Water and Natural Uranium Research Reactor,[6] part of Pakistan's Special Weapons Program.[7] District Khushab shares boundaries with the districts of Sargodha, Jhelum, Chakwal, Mianwali, Bhakkar and Jhang.
- ^ "District Courts Khushab".
- ^ "Khushab – Punjab Portal". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2023censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Tehsil Codes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Special Weapons Program of Pakistan (Federation of American Scientists)
- ^ South Asia arms race - is it paranoia? (BBC News).