Dera Ghazi Khan Division

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Dera Ghazi Khan Division is an administrative division in southwestern Punjab, Pakistan, known for its largely rural character, tribal areas, and proximity to the Sulaiman Mountain range.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dera Ghazi Khan Division canonical 12
Muzaffargarh Division 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
division of Punjab, Pakistan
administrativeLevel first-level division of Punjab province
borderedBy Balochistan, Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Sindh, Pakistan
linked to: Sindh

Sulaiman Mountain range
linked to: Sulaiman Mountains

other divisions of Punjab, Pakistan
characteristic includes tribal areas
largely rural
containsAdministrativeUnit Dera Ghazi Khan District
Layyah District
Muzaffargarh District
linked to: Muzaffargarh

Rajanpur District
country Pakistan
crossedByRiver Indus River
economicActivity agriculture
livestock rearing
small-scale trade
ethnicGroup Baloch tribes
linked to: Baloch people

Punjabi people
Saraiki people
governedBy Commissioner of Dera Ghazi Khan Division
hasCapital Dera Ghazi Khan
hasClimate arid to semi-arid climate
hasFeature desert plains near Indus River
mountainous western belt
tribal administrative structures
hasUrbanCenter Dera Ghazi Khan city
linked to: Dera Ghazi Khan

Layyah city
Muzaffargarh city
linked to: Muzaffargarh

Rajanpur city
linked to: Rajanpur
knownFor rural settlements
tribal belt along Sulaiman Mountains
languageUsed Punjabi
Saraiki
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Punjab, Pakistan
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInCountrySubdivision western Punjab, Pakistan
locatedInRegion southwestern Punjab
linked to: South Punjab
majorReligion Islam
namedAfter Dera Ghazi Khan
subdivisionOf Province of Punjab, Pakistan
linked to: Punjab, Pakistan
terrainFeature foothills of the Sulaiman Mountains
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
utcOffset +05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Punjab, Pakistan hasSubregion Dera Ghazi Khan Division
subject linked to: southern Punjab, Pakistan
Dera Ghazi Khan locatedInAdministrativeUnit Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Saraiki province movement hasSupportBaseIn Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Multan Division hasBorderWith Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Jampur locatedInAdministrativeUnit Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Kot Addu partOf Muzaffargarh Division
linked to: Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Bahawalpur Division borderedBy Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Muzaffargarh isPartOf Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Saraikistan proposedRegionIncludes Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Taunsa Barrage supportsAgricultureInRegion Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Dera Ghazi Khan District partOf Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Derajat region administrativeOverlapWith Dera Ghazi Khan Division
South Punjab hasSubregion Dera Ghazi Khan Division