Sialkot
E101948
Sialkot is a major industrial city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, renowned globally for its production of sports goods and surgical instruments.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sialkot canonical | 16 |
| Sialkot District | 2 |
| Sialkot Tehsil | 1 |
| Sialkot region | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
City
ⓘ
Industrial city ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | City in Sialkot District ⓘ |
| airportIATAcode | SKT ⓘ |
| airportICAOcode | OPST ⓘ |
| callingCode | 052 ⓘ |
| climate | Humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 32.4945°N 74.5229°E ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| distanceToIslamabad | approximately 230 km ⓘ |
| distanceToLahore | approximately 125 km ⓘ |
| economy | export-led manufacturing ⓘ |
| exportMarket |
Europe
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Sial tribe (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| governingBody | Municipal Corporation Sialkot ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Dry port
ⓘ
Industrial estates ⓘ Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry ⓘ Sialkot International Airport ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Ancient city with pre-Islamic history ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal (born in Sialkot)
ⓘ
Faiz Ahmed Faiz ⓘ
surface form:
Faiz Ahmad Faiz (educated in Sialkot)
|
| historicalRegion | Punjab ⓘ |
| isSeatOf |
Sialkot
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sialkot District
Sialkot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sialkot Tehsil
|
| knownFor |
cricket equipment production
ⓘ
export-oriented small and medium industries ⓘ football (soccer ball) production ⓘ leather goods ⓘ musical instruments manufacturing ⓘ sports goods manufacturing ⓘ surgical instruments manufacturing ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Punjabi
ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Chenab River
ⓘ
surface form:
Chenab River (nearby)
|
| majorReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith | India ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Urdu language
ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| partOf | Gujranwala Division ⓘ |
| population | over 600000 (city proper, approximate) ⓘ |
| postalCode | 51000 ⓘ |
| roadConnection | linked to Lahore–Sialkot Motorway (M11) ⓘ |
| sportsGoodsShare | major share of world hand-stitched footballs ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +5 ⓘ |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
subject surface form:
Punjab (Pakistan)
subject surface form:
Eastern Pakistan
this entity surface form:
Sialkot District
subject surface form:
Ravi River
this entity surface form:
Sialkot region