Jhelum, Pakistan

E144571

Jhelum, Pakistan is a historic city in Punjab province known for its strategic location near the Jhelum River and its long military and trading heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bank of River Jhelum 1
Jhelum, Pakistan canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType tehsil headquarters ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalFigure Alexander the Great ⓘ
Raja Porus ⓘ
linked to: King Porus
callingCode 0544 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
climateClassification Köppen Cwa ⓘ
coordinateLocation 32.9333°N 73.7333°E ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
distanceToIslamabad approximately 120 kilometres southeast ⓘ
distanceToLahore approximately 200 kilometres northwest ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 233 metres ⓘ
hasBridgeOver Jhelum River ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
remittances from overseas workers ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType colleges ⓘ
schools ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance military heritage ⓘ
trading centre ⓘ
hasMilitaryCantonment Jhelum Cantonment ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Jhelum Railway Station ⓘ
historicalEventNearby Battle of the Hydaspes ⓘ
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Jhelum District ⓘ
knownFor large number of residents serving in armed forces ⓘ
strategic location near Jhelum River ⓘ
localDialect Pothwari ⓘ
locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Jhelum District ⓘ
locatedInGeographicalRegion northern Punjab ⓘ
linked to: Punjab, Pakistan
locatedOnRiver Jhelum River ⓘ
majorLanguage Punjabi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
nearbyCity Gujrat, Pakistan ⓘ
Mirpur, Azad Kashmir ⓘ
Sarai Alamgir ⓘ
nickname City of Soldiers ⓘ
partOfRegion Pothohar Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Potohar Plateau
postalCode 49600 ⓘ
railwayConnection Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Grand Trunk Road ⓘ
National Highway N-5 ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode JE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jhelum River → passesThrough → Jhelum, Pakistan ⓘ
Khewra → locatedOn → Bank of River Jhelum ⓘ
linked to: Jhelum, Pakistan