Kasur District
Kasur District (Punjabi, Urdu: ضلع قصور, romanized: Zilā Qasūr), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It came into existence on 1 July 1976.: 1 Prior to its creation, it was a tehsil of the Lahore District.
Kasur District
ضلع قصور | |
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District of Punjab | |
From top left to right; Outskirts of the city of Kasur, Gohar Jageer village, Changa Manga, Fields near Ganda Singh Wala, Jinn Mosque of Kasur, Tomb of Bulleh Shah | |
Map of Kasur District (highlighted in red) within Punjab. | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Lahore |
| Headquarters | Kasur |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • District Commissioner | Arshad Bhatti |
| • District Police Office (DPO) | Tariq Aziz Sandhu |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,995 km2 (1,542 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 4,084,286 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Tehsils | Kasur Kot Radha Kishan Pattoki Chunian |
| Website | kasur |
The district capital is Kasur city, the birth city of the Sufi poet Bulleh Shah, who is well known in that region as well as in the whole of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 4,796 square kilometres.
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