Rahimyar Khan
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Rahim Yar Khan
رحیم یار خان |
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General Information
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
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| Calling code | 068 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| No. of Towns | 4 |
| Population | 233 537 (1998) |
| Estimate | 320 591 (2007) |
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Government
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| Nazim (Mayor) | khanzada shahid riaz khan lohani |
| Naib Nazim (Deputy Mayor) | manzoor khan gopang |
| No. of Union Councils | 8 |
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City Flag
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Rahimyar Khan or Rahim Yar Khan (Urdu: رحیم یار خان) is a famous city in the south of Punjab (Pakistan). Rahim Yar Khan is the capital city of Rahimyar Khan District as well as the tehsil of the same name. The city itself is administratively subdivided into 9 Union Councils[1] and is one of the few cities in the world that are still at their pioneering places since the formation. It has been renamed customarily amid last 5000 years, first available (on record) name was AROR or ALOR, and then it became City of Pattan, Phul Wada, Noshehra and now Rahim Yar Khan.
The Area of Rahim yar Khan City is About 22 square kilometres.
In 1883 Nawab Sadiq Khan-IV of Bahawalpur renamed it after his son Rahim Yar Khan. Formerly Rahimyar Khan was also one of the names of the three districts of the former princely State of Bahawalpur until 1955. Today, Rahimyar Khan lies on an important train route which runs south to Sukkur and north to Bahawalpur. According to the 1998 census, the city population was 233,537 with an annual growth rate of 4.04%. As of January 2007, it is around 330,000.
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[edit] Economy
Rahim Yar Khan is a commercial and industrial centre, it is connected with the rest of the country through rail and air including the other industrial hubs such as Lahore, Karachi, Quetta and Faisalabad. Industries include fertilizer, cosmetics, glass manufacturing, cotton production and processing, large textile units, flour mills, sugar and oil mills and large-scale power generation projects. Cotton production in Punjab Province starts from this area. Mango and Malta are two main fruits of this city. Cottage industries includes ginning, pottery/clay products, agricultural machinery, handicrafts, and embroidery.
[edit] Schools & Colleges
National garrison Cadet School
- Government Pilot Secondary School
- Government Colony High School
- Government Ta'meer-e-Millat High School
- Government Comprehensive High School
- Army Public School(Principal is Sir Jamil Ahmad Abbasi)
- Sheikh Zayed High School
- Beaconhouse School System
- Al-Huda Grammar School
- The Educator School
- Sheikh Zayed Medical College
- Khawaja Fareed Government College, Rahim yar khan.
- National Institute of Computer and Advanced Science (NICAAS)
- Punjab College of Science
- AL BASIT NATIONAL SCHOOL GULSHAN E IQBAL
- Superior Group of College
- Mclaren College Of Accountancy, Abbasia Town
[edit] Higher Education
[edit] Masters Level classes have been conducted in Khawaja Fareed Govt Post Graduate College. The students of Post Graduate classes securing top positions in Islamia University's centralized examination system, within limited facilities.
A campus of Islamia University, Bahawalpur is located in the city, comprising two buildings:
- Liaqat Campus near to Khwaja Fareed college, teaching Computer Science and Management Science.
- Jinah Campus, 2km away near Hafiz colony, teaching Education and Commerce.
Additionally, there is the Shaikh Zayed Medical College & Hospital.
[edit] Stadiums
A cricket ground called 'Mehmood Stadium' was constructed in 1952.[citation needed].
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