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Punjab

province of Pakistan
AdministrativeArea province_of_pakistan Q4478
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Summary

Punjab is a province of Pakistan[1]. Punjab draws 8,932 Wikipedia views per month (province of pakistan category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pakistan[3]
  • Country: Pakistan[4]
  • Head of government: Sardar Salim Haider Khan[5]
  • Capital: Lahore[6]
  • Shares border with: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[7], Sindh[8], Balochistan[9], Islamabad Capital Territory[10], India[11], Punjab[12]
  • Basic form of government: federated state[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Sahiwal Division[14], Lahore Division[15], Rawalpindi Division[16], Faisalabad Division[17], Multan Division[18], Bahawalpur Division[19], Dera Ghazi Khan Division[20], Gujranwala Division[21], Sargodha Division[22]
  • Legislative body: Provincial Assembly of Punjab Province[23]
  • Executive body: Provincial Cabinet of Punjab[24]
  • Highest judicial authority: Lahore High Court[25]
  • Part of: Punjab[26]
  • Commons category: Punjab, Pakistan[27]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+05:00[28]
  • Inception: July 1, 1970[29]
  • Official website: http://www.punjab.gov.pk[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Punjab, Pakistan[31]
  • Commons gallery: پنجاب[32]
  • Population: 101,391,000[33], 127,688,922[34]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Punjab (Pakistan)[35]
  • Office held by head of government: Chief Minister of Punjab[36]
  • Official name: پنجاب[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Punjab, Pakistan[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Punjab, Pakistan[39]
  • Native label: پنجاب[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Punjab, Pakistan[41]

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Physical Characteristics

Punjab covers an area of 205,344 km²[42].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Punjab include Pakistan[43], a sovereign state[44], in Pakistan[45], founded in 1947[46].

Why It Matters

Punjab has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Punjab is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Punjab include Pakistan[43], a sovereign state[44], in Pakistan[45], founded in 1947[46].

Related Entities

Chenab River India Indus River Jhelum Jhelum River Kallurkot Mandi Bahauddin Pakistan Punjab Institute of Language, Art, and Culture Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Silopi Sutlej University of Faisalabad

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . pbs.gov.pk. pbs.gov.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Fryed-peach · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → 126673119
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Viaf cluster id: 105144814393019265730"
  2. 19w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → Q85761215
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag: flag of Punjab, Pakistan, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780201126357"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → province of Pakistan
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Sahiwal Division, Lahore Division, Rawalpindi Division +6
    Head of government → Sardar Salim Haider Khan, Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman
    Instance of → —
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 235042, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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