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Introduction
Multān City is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about 562 km (349 mi) from Islamabad, 356 km (221 mi) from Lahore and 966 km (600 mi) from Karachi. Multan District has a population of over 4.5 million.[citation needed]
Multan is known as the City of Sufis or City of Saints due to the large number of shrines and Sufi saints from the city. The city is full of bazaars, mosques, shrines and ornate tombs. It is located in a bend created by five rivers of the Punjab province. The Sutlej River separates it from Bahawalpur and the Chenab River from Muzaffar Garh. The city has grown to become an influential political and economical center for the country, with a dry port and excellent transport links. Multan is famous for its crops: wheat, cotton and sugar cane as well as mangoes, citrus, guavas and pomegranates.
Geography
(See also Multan:Geography)
History
(See also Multan:History)
Economy
Other places named Multan
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- Accommodation Ramada, Mid-city, Aziz Hotel, Hotel Al Sana
- Attractions
- Bargains (Where can frugal people buy cheaply?)
- Children's activities
- Churches
- Climate Hot
- Current eventsUrs, Melad, Flower Shows,
- Downtown Inner Multan
- Food and drink Zanzibar, Dilmeer, Hafiz Multan Sohan Halwa, KFC, Sub Ways, Pizza Hut
- Geography River Chanab, Fort Manro
- Government ("Who ya gonna call" if there's a fountain flooding the road?)
- History
- Hospitals Nishtar Hospital, Children Complex, Kidney Centre, MINAR,
- Industry
- Media PTV, Dunya TV, Geo TV,
- Museums Ghanta Ghar
- Music
- Natives (Locally or nationally famous people born in Multan)
- Organisations (Clubs, NGOs, societies, charities)
- Pioneers (Who came first?)
- Prominent peoplePM Gillani
- Restaurants
- Multani Sohan Halwa
- Schools
- Sport
- Sustainability (Environment and conservation)
- Tertiary education
- Theatres
- Transportation (Bus, cycleway, ferry, motorway, taxi-cab, train)
- Trivia (nicknames, slogan, symbols?)
- Utilities (Electricity, gas, phone, water)