Bahawalnagar is located at the distance of 260 km from Lahore near the border between India and Pakistan on the western side of the River Sutlej. It is accessible on the G. T. Road and turn on left on Sahiwal-Arifwala Road from Sahiwal city.
Most of the Bahawalnagar areas are famous for argriculture, mainly for wheat and sugarcane and cotton. There are also important industries such as textile spinning, sugar manufacturing, etc.
Due to Cholistan Desert, the climate of Bahawalnagar is very much hot in summer and mild in winter. In summer, temperature rises above 50 centigrade.
Bahawalnagar District is part of Bahawalpur Division & is spreaded along indian border & east of Punjab Province. District of Bahawalnagar is spread over an area of 8,878 square kilometres comprising five tehsils and 118 Union Councils.
Bahawalnagar lies just south of the Sutlej River, its population according to the 1998 census of Pakistan was 20,61,000. Bahawal Nagar is Head Quarter of tehsils Bahawalnagar, Haroonabad, Chistian, Fortabbass and Minchanabad.
Bahawalnagar District: Its Tehsils & Union Councils
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