Faisalabad District
Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع فیصل آباد) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City. It is the third largest city of Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore.
Faisalabad District
ضلع فیصل آباد Lyallpur | |
|---|---|
District | |
Top: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Bottom: Gat Wala Lake | |
Faisalabad District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′05.10″N 73°04′39.27″E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Faisalabad |
| Headquarters | Faisalabad |
| Number of Tehsils | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Imran Hamid Shaikh |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,857 km2 (2,261 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 9,075,819 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Languages | Punjabi, Urdu |
| Website | faisalabad |
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Muslim refugees from Eastern Punjab and Haryana settled in the Faisalabad District. It initially lacked industry, hospitals and universities. Since independence, there has been industrial growth, and the city's population is continually growing. Notable industry in the district include but not limited to Textile (spinning, weaving, printing, dying, stitching), Chemicals (acids, caustics, industrial gases, potash, chlorides, etc.), consumer goods (soaps, vegetable oil, detergents), Engineering (light electrical equipment, engineering goods), Metals & Metallurgy (steels, alloys) and Power (power equipment, power production).
Initially a part of Jhang District, it gained the status of a separate district in 1904. In 1982 Toba Tek Singh District (until then a Tehsil of Faisalabad District) was created as a separate district from Faisalabad. As of 2006, it is a City-District consisting of the city of Faisalabad and its surrounding areas.