Gazetteer Of The Lahore District 1883-84

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1LAHORE.

2CHAPTER I.

3THE DISTRICT.

4SECTION A.—DESORIPTIVE.

5THE Lahore district is the central one of the three districts of

6the Lahore division, and lies between north latitude 30° 37’ and

731° 54’, and east longitude 73° 40’ and 75° 1’. It may be described

8as an irregular square, its south-eastern border resting on the Sutlej,

9and its sides running north-west, at right angles to that river,

10across the Bari Doab and Ravi river into the Rachna Dodb. Its

11north-western border runs parallel to the Ravi, ata mean distance

12of 23 miles from its right bank. The extreme length of the district

13from north to south is about 65 miles, and its greatest breadth from

14east to west 75 miles, It is bounded on the north-west by the

15district of Gujranwaéla, on the north-east by that of Amritsar, on the

16south-east by the Sutlej river, which divides it from the Ferozeporo

17district, and on the south-west by the district of Montgomery. It

18is divided into four tahs¢tls, of which that of Sharakpur includes the

19trans-Ravi portion of the district, and that of Chanian the south-

20western half of the inter-riverain tract. The north-eastern half is

21divided between the Lahore tahstl, which lies along the Ravi, and

22the Kasir tahs¢l, which lies along the Sutlej.

23Some leading statistics regarding the district and the several

24tahsils into which it is divided are given in Table No. I on the oppo-

25site page. The district contains two towns of more than 10,000

26souls, as follows :—

27Lahore as ee .- 149,369

28Kasir oe ne .. 17,336

29The administrative headquarters are situated at the city of

30Lahore, which lies on the Ravi, some 23 miles from the north-eastern

31border of the district. Lahore stands 11th in order of area and 8rd

32in order of population among the 32 districts of the province, com-

33prising 3°42 per cent. of the total area, 4°91 per cent. of the total

34population, and 8°38 per cent. of the urban population of British

35territory.

36The latitude, longitude, and height in feet above the sca of

37the principal places

38eet ahove | 12 the district are

39sea-level. | shownin themargin.

40The surface of the

41706 district, in the main

42674 level throughout, is

43diversified by tracts

44of different degrees,

45N. Latitude | E Longitade.

4674° 21

47Chinian 30° 68

48aeur gic 7

49Sharekpur

50Lahore eee B1° 34’

51* Approximate,

52Chapter I, A.

53Descriptive.

54General description,

55Physical Features.