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Vehari
Vehari, also spelled Vihari, is a city and the headquarters of Vehari District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 62nd largest city. Vehari is about 100 km (62 mi) from the historical city of Multan. Vehari is located at the Multan-Delhi Road constructed by Emperor Sher Shah Suri. It is at an altitude of 135 m (443 ft).
According to 2023 census, Vehari had a population of 130,692.
It is 96 km (60 mi) from the regional metropolis of Multan, 956 km (594 mi) from Karachi, 300 km (190 mi) from Lahore, 218 km (135 mi) from Faisalabad, 119 km (74 mi) from Bahawalpur, 61 km (38 mi) from Hasilpur, 41 km (25 mi) from Mailsi, 46 km (29 mi) from Kacha Khuh, 36 km (22 mi) from Burewala, 27 km (17 mi) from Luddan, 78 km (48 mi) from Arifwala, 112 km (70 mi) from Pakpattan, and about 37 km (23 mi) north of the river Sutlej – the southernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region. Islam Headworks is on this river near Luddan on the Luddan-Vehari canal providing irrigation water to both banks of the river, which includes the upper fringes of the Cholistan Desert.
Vehari is known to be a city of cotton, among other crops. Vehari has dozens of cotton processing factories and cottonseed oil manufacturing plants; sugarcane farming and processing is also common. Agricultural products include mangoes in the summer and guava and other citrus fruits orange in the winter.
The summer in Vehari is extremely hot; the weather became pleasant during October and February but in recent years it has been reduced to barely three months from December to February. During the summers, temperature hit 45 to 50 degree Celsius on a regular basis. The rainfall is very light throughout the year in Vehari. Recent years have seen Vehari struggle for rainfall even during the usually busy monsoon season. When rainfall is light rainfall the land is generally arid and dusty.
Vehari District was created in 1976 when it was separated from Multan District.
During the era of the Indus Valley civilization, the area now comprising Vehari District was a fertile agricultural region with pockets of forest. In the Vedic period, the region saw the settlement and influence of various Indo-Aryan peoples, including the Abhiras, Kambojas, Daradas, Kaikayas, Madras, Pauravas, Yaudheyas, Malavas, and Kurus.
Following the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire in 331 BCE, Alexander the Great marched into the present-day Punjab region with an army of 50,000. Subsequently, the area was ruled by a succession of empires and kingdoms, including the Maurya Empire, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, White Huns, Kushano-Hephthalites, and the Turk Shahi and Hindu Shahi dynasties.
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Vehari
Vehari, also spelled Vihari, is a city and the headquarters of Vehari District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 62nd largest city. Vehari is about 100 km (62 mi) from the historical city of Multan. Vehari is located at the Multan-Delhi Road constructed by Emperor Sher Shah Suri. It is at an altitude of 135 m (443 ft).
According to 2023 census, Vehari had a population of 130,692.
It is 96 km (60 mi) from the regional metropolis of Multan, 956 km (594 mi) from Karachi, 300 km (190 mi) from Lahore, 218 km (135 mi) from Faisalabad, 119 km (74 mi) from Bahawalpur, 61 km (38 mi) from Hasilpur, 41 km (25 mi) from Mailsi, 46 km (29 mi) from Kacha Khuh, 36 km (22 mi) from Burewala, 27 km (17 mi) from Luddan, 78 km (48 mi) from Arifwala, 112 km (70 mi) from Pakpattan, and about 37 km (23 mi) north of the river Sutlej – the southernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region. Islam Headworks is on this river near Luddan on the Luddan-Vehari canal providing irrigation water to both banks of the river, which includes the upper fringes of the Cholistan Desert.
Vehari is known to be a city of cotton, among other crops. Vehari has dozens of cotton processing factories and cottonseed oil manufacturing plants; sugarcane farming and processing is also common. Agricultural products include mangoes in the summer and guava and other citrus fruits orange in the winter.
The summer in Vehari is extremely hot; the weather became pleasant during October and February but in recent years it has been reduced to barely three months from December to February. During the summers, temperature hit 45 to 50 degree Celsius on a regular basis. The rainfall is very light throughout the year in Vehari. Recent years have seen Vehari struggle for rainfall even during the usually busy monsoon season. When rainfall is light rainfall the land is generally arid and dusty.
Vehari District was created in 1976 when it was separated from Multan District.
During the era of the Indus Valley civilization, the area now comprising Vehari District was a fertile agricultural region with pockets of forest. In the Vedic period, the region saw the settlement and influence of various Indo-Aryan peoples, including the Abhiras, Kambojas, Daradas, Kaikayas, Madras, Pauravas, Yaudheyas, Malavas, and Kurus.
Following the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire in 331 BCE, Alexander the Great marched into the present-day Punjab region with an army of 50,000. Subsequently, the area was ruled by a succession of empires and kingdoms, including the Maurya Empire, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, White Huns, Kushano-Hephthalites, and the Turk Shahi and Hindu Shahi dynasties.
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