Rajanpur
راجن پور | |
|---|---|
| District Rajanpur, Pakistan | |
 Gateway of Rajanpur's Harand Fort | |
  Rajanpur  Rajanpur | |
| Coordinates: 29°6′15″N 70°19′29″E / 29.10417°N 70.32472°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| District | Rajanpur |
| Foundation of Old City | 1770s |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Committee |
| • Chairman | Kunawar Kamal Akhtar |
| • Vice Chairman | Ch. Naeem Saqib Advocate |
| • Chief Officer | Syed Masood-ur-Rauf Ahmad Rizvi Qazi |
| • Municipal Officer (Finance) | Muhammad Akram Bari |
| • Computer Section | Abdullah Hussain Dreshak |
| Population | |
| • City | 137,553 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +6 |
| Postal code | 33500 |
| Dialling code | 604[3] |
| Acronym | RJP |
| Demonym | Rajanpuri |
| Highways |  N-55 |
| Website | http://www.mcrajanpur.lgpunjab.org.pk/ |
Rajanpur (Punjabi: راجن پُور), is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River. it is a narrow, 32 kilometres (20 mi) to 64 kilometres (40 mi) wide strip of land sandwiched between the Indus River on the east and the Sulaiman Mountains on the west. Most of its inhabitants are Saraikis and Baloch with a smaller proportion being Punjabis.
- ^ "Municipal Committee Rajanpur". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ "National Dialing Codes". Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2012.