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History
The city was founded by the British Governor General To Punjab Sir James
Lyall  for whom it was originally named Lyallpur. Prior to the British making
the area into an urban center, it largely consisted of various villages.
However, the construction of various canals allowed the area to be irrigated.
After the founding of the city, people were invited to the city with promises
of land if they were to work it. This allowed the city to grow rapidly.
In 1977 city was renamed Faisalabad in honor of King Faisal  of Saudi Arabia
who had been assassinated.
Location
Faisalabad is called Manchester of Pakistan.It is having a lot of Textile and
other mills.It is famous for its eight bazars.
Faisalabad is an industrial city of Pakistan, Situated 225-miles (360
kilometers) south of the capital Islamabad. The district lies from 30-35 to
31-47 north Latitudes and 72-73 to 73-40 east longitudes. Gujranwala And
Sheikhupura districts bound it in the north. In the East by Sheikhupura and
sahiwal districts. In the south By Sahiwal and Toba tek singh districts and
jhang.
District is to its west. The city covers an area of 5,856 Square kilometers.
The city is linked to m-2 motorway (Islamabad-Lahore motorway) with m-3
motorway section (Pindi-Bhattian-Faisalabad motorway).
Faisalabad (Formerly Lyallpur) is a road and railway junction, which lies in an
area watered by the Lower Chenab Canal. Cotton, wheat, vegetables, and
fruits are grown there and the city is also an industrial centre with
railway-repair yards, engineering works, and mills that process sugar, flour,
and oil seed. Produce includes super phosphates, cotton and silk textiles,
hosiery, dyes, agricultural equipment, and ghee (clarified butter). Faisalabad
is the site of the University of Agriculture, founded in 1909.
DRY PORT ACTIVITIES
Fisalabad has established a dry port, which Presently handles over 60 metric
tons of cargo per day. The port has its own road and railroad links with
Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi. The export Cargo at Faisalabad
dry port is increasing every year. According to the Faisalabad dry port trust
(fdpt), it Handled l7,468 export cargo containers, worth rs. 28,500 Million
ouring the first 10 month of the current Calendar year (pfy-1999). Fopt
provided lucrative Incentives to the exporters of faisalabad and offered
Certain concessions in fdpt tariff to the importers. It Handled 1,847 import
cargo containers during the same Period, worth rs. 1,500 million Faisalabad.
CULTURE
Literature: nusrat fateh ali khan, the famous singer And musician born in
this city; afzal cheema, the former Chief justice of Lahore high court also
belong to this City. Art: the famous clock tower of faisalabad has 8 Streets
leading from it and was designed in a pattern so As to form union jack.
Cinemas: Faisalabad district has twenty-four cinemas, With a total seating
capacity of 16,688. It provides an Entertainment towards its residents by
showing urdu, Punjabi and english movies.
Famous Places
The famous places OR areas of Faisalabad includes
D-Ground
Chenab Club
Serena Hotle
Sindbad
Funland
Race Course Park
Gulistan Colony
One of the most prominent places of Faisalabad is Gulistan Colony which is one of the
oldest colony of Faisalabad bearing outstanding enviroment and is the nearest
appraoch to top facilities inculding Motor way
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