Lahore

Lahore is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 27th largest in the world, with... Wikipedia

  • Country:  Pakistan
  • Province:  Punjab
  • Division:  Lahore
  • District:  Lahore
  • Founded:  Between 1st and 7th centuries CE
  • City status:  1040
  • Capital status:  25 June 1206, 27 May 1586, 12 April 1801
  • Metropolitan status:  3 February 1890
  • Metropolitan seat:  Lahore Town Hall
  • Type:  Metropolitan corporation
  • Body:  Lahore Metropolitan Corporation
  • Mayor:  None (Vacant)
  • Deputy Mayors:  9 Zonal Mayors
  • Deputy Commissioner:  Syed Musa Raza (BPS-19 PAS)
  • Capital City Police Officer:  Bilal Siddiqui Kamyana (BPS-21 PSP)
  • Area rank:  1st (Punjab), 2nd (Pakistan)
  • Population (2023):  13,004,135
  • Rank:  1st (Punjab), 2nd (Pakistan), 26th (world)
  • Language(s):  Punjabi (native & majority), Urdu (official & minority), English (official)
  • Dialect:  Majhi (native & dominant)
  • Demonym(s):  General: Lahori, English: Lahorite
  • Time zone:  PKT (UTC+5)
  • Postal code:  53XXX – 55XXX
  • Dialing code:  042
  • GDP (PPP):  $84 billion (2019)
  • International airport:  Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE)
  • Rapid Transit:  Lahore Metrobus
  • Police:  Capital City Police Lahore
  • Development Authority:  Lahore Development Authority
  • HDI (2018):  0.877 (very high) · 3rd
  • Growth:  8.06%
  • Literacy (2023):  81%
  • Constituencies in the National Assembly:  14 / 336
  • Sex ratio (2017):  912 ♀/1000 ♂
  • Climate:  BSh
  • Abbreviation:  LHR/ایل ایچ آر
  • Patron saint:  Ali al-Hujwiri
  • Website:  lahore.punjab.gov.pk
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo