southern Punjab, Pakistan

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Southern Punjab, Pakistan is a culturally distinct region in the south of Pakistan’s Punjab province, known for its Saraiki-speaking population, Sufi heritage, and agrarian economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
region
borderedBy Balochistan, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Central Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Rajasthan
surface form: Indian state of Rajasthan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Sindh, Pakistan NERFINISHED
country Pakistan
dominantLanguage Saraiki
hasAirport Bahawalpur Airport
Dera Ghazi Khan Airport
Multan International Airport
hasClimate arid
semi-arid
hasCulturalHeritage Ajrak and traditional textiles
Saraiki literature
Sufi poetry
folk music
handicrafts
hasEconomicActivity agro-based industries
fertilizer industry
sugar mills
textile industry
hasEducationalInstitution Bahauddin Zakariya University
Ghazi University
Islamia University of Bahawalpur
hasEthnicGroup Baloch people
Muhajir people
Punjabi people
Saraiki people
hasLanguage Balochi
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi

Saraiki
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
hasMajorCity Ahmedpur East
Alipur
Bahawalnagar NERFINISHED
Bahawalpur NERFINISHED
Chishtian
Chowk Azam
Dera Ghazi Khan NERFINISHED
Dunyapur
Fort Abbas
Hasilpur
Jampur
Jatoi
Khanewal NERFINISHED
Khanpur
Kot Addu
Kot Addu Tehsil
Kot Mithan
Layyah
Lodhran
Mian Channu
Multan
Muzaffargarh NERFINISHED
Rahim Yar Khan NERFINISHED
Rajanpur
Rojhan
Sadiqabad NERFINISHED
Shujabad NERFINISHED
Taunsa
Vehari NERFINISHED
Yazman
hasMovementFor separate province status
hasReligion Islam
hasReligiousTradition Sufism
hasRiver Chenab River
Indus River NERFINISHED
Sutlej River
hasShrine Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya
Shrine of Khawaja Ghulam Farid
Shrine of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
Shrine of Uch Sharif
hasSubregion Bahawalpur Division
Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Multan Division
knownFor Sufi shrines
agrarian economy
cotton production
date cultivation
livestock farming
mango orchards
wheat production
locatedIn Asian continent
Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
South Asia
partOf Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
politicalIssue demand for South Punjab province

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Malwa (Punjab) locatedInPart southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: southern Punjab
Multan locatedInRegion southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: South Punjab
Saraiki people primaryRegion southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: south-central Pakistan
Saraiki people primaryRegion southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: southern Punjab
Jatki region southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: southern Punjab
Multani spokenIn southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: South Punjab
Saraiki spokenIn southern Punjab, Pakistan
Riasti spokenInRegion southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: southern Punjab
Seraiki spokenPrimarilyIn southern Punjab, Pakistan