Khushab District highlighted within Punjab Province
Country
Pakistan
Province
Punjab
Division
Sargodha Division
Established
2 July 1982[1]
Headquarters
Jauharabad
Government
• Type
District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner
Capt(R) Shoaib Ali (PAS)
• District Police Officer
N/A
• District Health Officer
N/A
Area
[2]
• Total
6,511 km2 (2,514 sq mi)
Population
(2023)[3]
• Total
1,501,089
• Density
230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils
4
Main language
Punjabi
Website
khushab.punjab.gov.pk
Khushab District (Punjabi ضِلع خُوشاب), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with its administrative capital in Jauharabad. The district is named after the historical city of Khushab located within its boundaries. According to the 1998 census, the population was 905,711, with 24.76% living in urban areas.
The district consists of four tehsils: Khushab, Noorpur Thal, Quaidabad and Naushera.[4] Khushab is home to the Heavy Water and Natural Uranium Research Reactor,[5] part of Pakistan's Special Weapons Program.[6]
District Khushab shares boundaries with the districts of Sargodha, Jhelum, Chakwal, Mianwali, Bhakkar and Jhang.
^"District Courts Khushab".
^"Khushab – Punjab Portal". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Tehsil Codes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^Special Weapons Program of Pakistan (Federation of American Scientists)
^South Asia arms race - is it paranoia? (BBC News).
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