Sialkot

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Sialkot is a major industrial city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, renowned globally for its production of sports goods and surgical instruments.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sialkot canonical 16
Sialkot District 2
Sialkot Tehsil 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf City
Industrial city
administrativeStatus City in Sialkot District
airportIATAcode SKT
airportICAOcode OPST
callingCode 052
climate Humid subtropical climate
continent Asia
coordinateLocation 32.4945°N 74.5229°E
country Pakistan
distanceToIslamabad approximately 230 km
distanceToLahore approximately 125 km
economy export-led manufacturing
exportMarket Europe
Middle East
North America
foundedBy Sial tribe (traditional attribution)
governingBody Municipal Corporation Sialkot
hasFacility Dry port
Industrial estates
Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Sialkot International Airport
hasHeritage Ancient city with pre-Islamic history
hasNotablePerson Allama Muhammad Iqbal (born in Sialkot)
Faiz Ahmad Faiz (educated in Sialkot)
linked to: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
historicalRegion Punjab
isSeatOf Sialkot District
linked to: Sialkot

Sialkot Tehsil
linked to: Sialkot
knownFor cricket equipment production
export-oriented small and medium industries
football (soccer ball) production
leather goods
musical instruments manufacturing
sports goods manufacturing
surgical instruments manufacturing
languageUsed Punjabi
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Punjab, Pakistan
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedOn Chenab River (nearby)
linked to: Chenab River
majorReligion Islam
nearBorderWith India
officialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
partOf Gujranwala Division
population over 600000 (city proper, approximate)
postalCode 51000
roadConnection linked to Lahore–Sialkot Motorway (M11)
sportsGoodsShare major share of world hand-stitched footballs
UTCoffset +5

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Chenab River passesNear Sialkot
Faiz Ahmed Faiz placeOfBirth Sialkot
Gujranwala locatedNear Sialkot
Sialkot isSeatOf Sialkot District
linked to: Sialkot
Sialkot isSeatOf Sialkot Tehsil
linked to: Sialkot
Faiz Ahmed Faiz placeOfBirth Sialkot
subject linked to: Faiz
Wazirabad locatedNear Sialkot
Wazirabad roadDistanceTo Sialkot
Javid Iqbal placeOfBirth Sialkot
Narowal hasNearbyCity Sialkot
Eastern Pakistan hasMajorCity Sialkot
subject linked to: eastern Pakistan
Gujranwala Division containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Sialkot District
linked to: Sialkot
Gujrat hasNearbyCity Sialkot
Ravi River hasMajorCityOnBank Sialkot region
linked to: Sialkot