Punjab region

This article details the geographical region of Punjab. For other meanings see Punjab (Disambiguation)

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The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب)

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Gurmukhi - Shahmukhi

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is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan.

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India - Pakistan

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Once a single entity, it is now split between two nations: Pakistan's Punjab Province and India's Punjab state. The Indian states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were also parts of the former Punjab province of British India. Punjab, India covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles). Punjab, Pakistan is 205,344 square kilometres, (79,284 square miles). Population: 24,289,296 (2000) in India: 72,585,000 (1998) in Pakistan. Roughly half of Pakistan's population lives in Pakistani Punjab. Punjabi is spoken by (approx) 90% of population in Pakistani Punjab and 65% in Indian Punjab. The capital city of the Indian Punjab is Chandigarh. The capital city of the Pakistani Punjab is Lahore.

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Punjab Province - Punjab - Haryana - Himachal Pradesh - British India - Punjabi - Chandigarh - Lahore

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The name "Punjab" means "land of five rivers" and derives from the Persian words 'panj' (???) meaning five, and '?b' (??) meaning water. The rivers, tributaries of the Indus River, are the Beas, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, and Sutlej. The five rivers, now divided between India and Pakistan, merge to form the Panjnad, which joins the Indus.

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Persian - Indus River - Beas - Chenab - Jhelum - Ravi - Sutlej

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