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Sialkot is the third most richest city of Pakistan due to it's sports industry. Sialkot is bordered with district Narowal, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura and Working boundary of Jammu Kashmir. It's 125 KM far from Lahore and have 7 towns with 3482 villages. It has 4 Tehsils; Tehsil Sialkot, Tehsil Sambrial, Tehsil Daska and Tehsil Pasrur.
Sialkot has population of over 3800000 people as per 2017 census and land area of about 3100 square kilometers.
Sialkot has a richest history from Hindu, Buddhist, Persian, Huns, Greek, Turks, Sikh to British and now Pakistan.
Sialkot is also called the land of famous poet, philosopher, and Muslim leader Doctor Allama Muhammad Iqbal R.A. Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Amjad Islam Amjad, Waheed Murad, Firdous Ashiq Awan, Kuldeep Nayar, Baba MUhammad Yahya Khan, Rehman Malik, Shoaib Malik, Zaheer Ahmed and Umaira Ahmad also belong to the district Sialkot.
Faiz Ahmad Faiz basically belong to a village Kala Qadir which is now situated in district Narowal but in history Faiz's is considered to belong with both districts.
Narowal was the Tehsil of Sialkot which was separated as District in 1991.
Sialkot was founded by Raja Sul due to which Sialkot was named as Sul Kot after that it was converted into it's present name Sialkot.
There are many famous historical and tourism places in Sialkot worth visiting like Iqbal Manzil, Sialkot Cathedral with red and white paint building, Shawala Teja Singh Temple, Saint James Cathedral, Sialkot Airport, Sialkot Fort, Sialkot Ghanta Ghar or Iqbal Square and Head Marala.
Famous food of Sialkot is Anday Ka Halwa, Halwa Puri, Gulshan Iqbal Park, Sialkot Cantonment and Bajwat forest.
2 Canals are extracted from Head Marala Headworks; Ravi Link canal and Upper Chenab canal with largest source of agriculture in district Sialkot.
Sialkot is surrounded by Nala Daik, River Chenab and Jammu Kashmir.
Marala Headworks produces more than 7 Megawatt electricity for district Sialkot.
History of Sialkot will be explained in next video on Sialkot History which is the second part of this episode of famous cities of Pakistan.
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