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Sialkot sits on the route: 20 minutes from Kotli Loharan.
Sialkot is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. With a population of 911,817, it is an important destination in Asia.
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Sialkot (Punjabi, Urdu: سيالكوٹ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of the Sialkot District and the 12th most populous city in Pakistan as well as the 7th largest city in Punjab. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined by Jammu in the north east, the districts of Narowal in the southeast, GujranwalaRead more
in the southwest and Gujrat in the northwest.
Sialkot is believed to be the successor city of Sagala, the capital of the Madra kingdom which was destroyed by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE. It was made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I in the 2nd century BCE — a time during which the city greatly prospered as a major center for trade and Buddhist thought. In the 6th century CE, it again become capital of the Taank Kingdom, which ruled Punjab for the next two centuries. Sialkot continued to be a major political center until it was eclipsed by Lahore around the turn of the first millennium CE. Sialkot was the capital of the Punjabi Muslim ruler Jasrat Khokhar who reigned over most of Punjab and Jammu in the early 15th century. Under the Mughal Empire, especially Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb's reign, Sialkot became known as a great centre of Islamic scholarship and thought, and attracted scholars because of the widespread availability of paper in the city.
Sialkot city was the birthplace of the Islamic poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, a leading figure of the Pakistan Movement. The city has been noted for its entrepreneurial spirit and productive business climate which have made Sialkot an example of a small Pakistani city that has emerged as a "world-class manufacturing hub." The relatively small city exported approximately $2.5 billion worth of goods in 2017, or about 10% of Pakistan's total exports. The city has been labeled as the Football manufacturing capital of the World, as it produces over 70% of all footballs manufactured in the world. Sialkot International Airport; Pakistan's first privately owned public airport is located 14km west of Sialkot.
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Sialkot is located in Punjab, Pakistan, Asia. The coordinates are 32.4927 latitude, 74.5313 longitude.
Sialkot has a population of approximately 911,817 people, making it a city in Pakistan.
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