Kot Addu ( ur, ) is capital city of

Kot Addu District Kot Addu District () is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district headquarter is Kot Addu city. Previously this district was part of Muzaffargarh District as Kot Addu Tehsil. Administration The district is administratively ...

in the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

province of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. This city is subdivided into 5 Union CouncilsTehsils & Unions in the District of Muzaffargarh - Government of Pakistan
and has a population of over 104 thousand, making it the 70th largest city in

. It is located just east of the

Indus River The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...

, about from

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

, from

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

, 100 km from

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...

, 80 km from D.G.Khan, from

Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh (Urdu and pa, , , Fort of Muzaffar) is a city in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the Chenab River, it is the capital of the district with the same name. It is the 39th largest city of Pakistan by populatio ...

, 60 km from

Layyah Layyah ( Saraiki and ur, ), previously spelled as Leiah, is a city in the Pakistan.Taunsa Barrage Head Taunsa Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus in Taunsa district of Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab province of Pakistan. Kot Addu City attracts a large number of tourists every year, due to the Indus river and public gardens among other things. The city is served by

Kot Addu Junction railway station Kot Adu Junction railway station ( ur, , pa, ) is located in Kot Addu, Punjab, Pakistan. See also * List of railway stations in Pakistan * Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of P ...

.The Zip code of Kot Addu is 34050. It is the 70th largest city of Pakistan according to the 2017 census.

Demography

* Total population ** 8,08,438 persons * Location on Google Map ** N 30° 28' 34'' E 70° 57' 52'' * Total Area ** * Area under cultivation ** 4,24,521 The city contains a total of 33 Union councils, which are listed below. # Haider Ghazi # Bait Qaimwala # BhariHoog # Budh # Chak No. 547/TDA # Chak No. 565/TDA # Chak No. 632/TDA # Chowk Sarwar Shaheed # Daira Din Panah # Dogar Kalasra # Ghazi Ghatt # Hinjrai # Ehsanpur # Kot Adu No. 2 # Kot Adu No. 1 # Kot Adu No. 3 # Manhan Sharif # Mehmood Kot # Mirpur Bhagal # Pattal Monda # Pattal Kot Adu # Patti Ghulam Ali # Sanawan # Shadi Khan Monda # Sheikh Umer # Thatha Gurmani # U.C. 22 Gujrat # Wahandur # Pirhar # cha larr wala # NoorShah # Basti Sirai # Alu Rid

Location

The city of Kot Addu is located in the southern area of Punjab province, almost at the exact center of Pakistan. The area around the city is a flat plain and is ideal for

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

. There are two main canals (Muzaffar, and T.P. link) and eight sub-canals that cross Kot Addu, providing water from the

. The geographical

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of the city, according to

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, are: N 30° 28' 34" E 70° 57' 52".

Geography and climate

Kot Addu is located almost exactly at the geographical center of Pakistan. The closest major city is

. The area around the city is a flat alluvial plain and is ideal for agriculture, with many citrus and mango farms. There are also canals that cut across the Muzaffargarh District, providing water to farms. During the

monsoon season The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the sea ...

, the land close to the Taunsa Barrage is usually flooded. Kot Addu has an arid climate with very hot summers and mild winters. The city has experienced some of the most extreme weather in Pakistan. The highest recorded temperature was approximately 51 °C (129 °F), and the lowest recorded temperature was approximately −1 °C (30 °F). The average rainfall is roughly 127 millimeters (5.0 inches). Dust storms are a common occurrence within the city.

Education

Like other major cities in Punjab, Kot Addu features a rich educational landscape. In the last few years, the city has observed a surge in the number of educational institutions. Colleges include private commerce and science colleges, schools, academies like Concordia Colleges (A Project of Beaconhouse), Punjab Inter Science Academy, and a Cadet College (Now: Superior Group Of Colleges). Government degrees are provided for both men and women. Several colleges are affiliated with the Bahuddin Zakrya University, B.Z.U. Multan Pakistan, and Punjab University Lahore Pakistan. The names of some private institutions are, Kot Addu School of Economics and Management Sciences (Mr. Fiaz Hussain Malik, director), Punjab Higher Secondary School, Bismillah. Inter Science Academy, Punjab Group of Colleges, My School System, Dar-E-Arqam School, Oxford Grammar School, Professor Academy etc. A Government Technical College is also under construction.

School and colleges

* Dar-e-Arqam School Kot Addu Campus * Ahmad Schools (PTV) Limited * Allied School * BrightWay School System * C.C.U. The Creator Children University * The Spirit School Kot Addu (Main Campus) * The Spirit School Kot Addu (City Campus) * City Public School Zia Colony, Kot Addu * Alahad Science Secondary School Kot Addu * City School, Kot Addu * Concordia Colleges (a Beaconhouse project) * Elementary Teachers Training College Kot Addu * Ghalib Science Secondary School * Government College of Commerce Kot Addu * Government College of Technology Lal Meer Kot Addu * Government Post Graduate College Kot Addu * Govt. Boys High School, Kot Addu * Govt. High School #01, Kot Addu * Govt. P/s School Basti Sirai * Hira Girls Science Academy Kot Addu * Ideal Public School * IIUI (School) Kot Adu campus * Learners House school (Kot Addu) * Little Angel's Garden * Mairi Darsgah Secondary School for Boys and Girls * Maryam Public Secondary School * Moon of Heaven Commerce College * My School System Kot Addu * New Ibn-e-Sena School Kot Addu * New Punjab Higher Secondary School Kot Addu * Punjab Group of Colleges Kot Addu * The Scholars Inn School * Sunny Public School * Superior Group of Colleges Kot Addu * Vocational Training Institute Kot Addu

Taunsa Barrage

Taunsa Barrage Head Taunsa Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus in Taunsa district of Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab province of Pakistan.barrage on the

River Indus The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...

. It is situated southeast of

Taunsa Sharif Taunsa (Urdu, Balochi, Punjabi, Saraiki: ) is a city in Taunsa District of Punjab province of Pakistan and capital of this district. Location Taunsa is located on the Karachi-Peshawar Highway, which is also known as Indus Highway. It is approx ...

and from

Kot Addu Kot Addu ( ur, ) is capital city of Kot Addu District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. This city is subdivided into 5 Union Councils of Pakistan, Union Councils

. This barrage controls water flow in the

for irrigation and flood control purposes. This barrage serves 2.351 million acres (951,400 hectares) besides diverting flows from Indus River to the

Chenab River The Chenab River () is a major river that flows in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul regi ...

through Taunsa Panjnad (TP) Link Canal. The barrage also serves as an arterial road bridge, a railway bridge, and crossing for gas and oil pipelines, telephone line and extra high voltage (EHV) transmission lines.PLANNING AND DESIGN OF TAUNSA BARRAGE REHABILITATION PROJECT S.M.A. Zaidi, M. Akram Khan, Saif ur Rehman In 2011, the rehabilitation of the Taunsa Barrage was blamed for devastation of the Muzaffargarh district during the

2010 Pakistan floods The floods in Pakistan began in late July 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and, Balochistan regions of Pakistan, which affected the Indus River basin. Approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's tot ...

. Critics blamed the rehabilitation of the barrage, alleging that it failed to raise its height and strengthen protective embankments, used dysfunctional computer control system of the hoist gates and ignored hill-torrent management.

Industry

Kot Addu is a prominent commercial and industrial city in the Punjab province. It is connected by road and rail with

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Karachi, Multan,

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

, Islamabad,

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

, and

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

; and also by air from Multan Airport to all Pakistani airports.

Main industries

* Pak Arab Oil Refinery (PARCO) * Water And Power Development Authority (WAPDA)

Power stations

* Kot Adu Power Company (KAPCO) * LalpirThermal Power Station

Sugar mills

* Sheikhoo Sugar Mill * Fatima Sugar Mill Flour Mills * Gillani Flour Mill Ltd * Shoaib Qasim Floor Mill Besides these, cotton factories, foundries, cotton, woolen, and silk textile mills, flour, and oil mills are also located in this region. This area is famous for its handicrafts (Kundra work), and cottage industries.

Information technology

With the constantly changing environment in the world and as information technology has become increasingly important, Kot Addu has also adopted this change with a great positive response. The first professional information technology center was introduced in 2002, named I.TECH, which then also opened a branch in Dubai in 2006, U.A.E. It is a prominent institution in that region which mainly focuses on web designing and development. There are many other institutions contributing towards education in Information Technology. It is clear from the interest of the people that this region needs some Great Government I.T. institution. In November 2009 the Government of Pakistan also opened a Great Technical College named LAL-MEER technical college in the Union of Kot Addu.

Health centres

There is one government civil hospital and several private hospitals in the city, beside much small government and private hospitals in the union councils.Following is the Tehsil-Level Hospital (THQ hospital) in the city: * THQ Hospital Kot Addu

Agriculture

Kot Addu is an important agricultural area. The total area of Tehsil Kot Addu is , of which 4,24,521 acres are under cultivation. Main crops of the area include

corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

, and

vegetables Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, ...

. Bajra,

moong The mung bean (''Vigna radiata''), alternatively known as the green gram, maash ( fa, ماش٫ )٫ mūng (), monggo, or munggo (Philippines), is a plant species in the legume family.Brief Introduction of Mung Bean. Vigna Radiata Extract G ...

, mash,

masoor The lentil (''Lens culinaris'' or ''Lens esculenta'') is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its Lens (geometry), lens-shaped seeds. It is about tall, and the seeds grow in Legume, pods, usually with two seeds in each. As a food ...

, and oil seeds (such as mustard and

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s) are also grown in the district.

Mangoes A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...

, citrus,

guavas Guava () is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava '' Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae), native to Mexico, Central America, the ...

, and

pomegranates The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean region. It was introduc ...

are Kot Addu's most important fruit crops. Minor fruit crops include dates,

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, pears,

falsa ''Grewia asiatica'', commonly known as phalsa or falsa,Flora of Indi''Grewia asiatica''/ref> is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae. It was first found in Varanasi, India, and was taken by Buddhist scholars to other Asian ...

and bananas are also grown. One other local fruit is called a bare (Berry) . It is one of the main fruits grown in this region. Due to flooding, the crops are now rare, especially cotton and wheat products affected by this flooding. So, now a majority of the agricultural lands are covered by sugarcane. People either sell this sugarcane to sugar mills or produce

Jaggery Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Africa. It is a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, and can ...

from sugarcane.

Notable people

Inayat Hussain Bhatti Inayat Hussain Bhatti ( ur, ), (12 January 1928 – 31 May 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer, film actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and a promoter of the development of the Punj ...

- film industry *

Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani Nawab Mian Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani ( ur, ; (1905 – 1981) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Diwan of the Bahawalpur State. He was from Sinanwan. After the partition of India and the accession of Bahawalpur, he served as a 'Minist ...

- former Governor of West Pakistan * Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra - Member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

Pathanay Khan Pathanay Khan or Pathane Khan (Urdu: پٹھانے خان ; born Ghulam Mohammad; 1926 – 2000) was a legendary Saraiki people, Saraiki folk music, folk singer from Pakistan. He mostly sang Kafis or Ghazals (in Saraiki dialect, Saraiki), us ...

- poet, pride of performance *

Ghulam Mustafa Khar Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar ( ur, ; born 2 August 1937) is a Pakistani politician and feudal lord who has previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab and Governor of Punjab. Early life He was born on 2 August 1937 in Sanawan in Kot Addu ...

- former Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab *

Hina Rabbani Khar Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: ; born 19 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician, who is serving as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan at the ...

- former Foreign Minister of Pakistan * Sultan Mehmood - former Minister * Mian Shabbir Ali Qureshi - former Federal Minister *

Muhammad Ashraf Khan Rind Muhammad Ashraf Khan Rind is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. Political career He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of ...

- Member of

Milkha Singh Milkha Singh (20 November 1929 18 June 2021), also known as The Flying Sikh, was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He is the only athlete to win gold at 400 metres at the A ...

- Indian athlete also known as the "Flying Sikh"

References

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