Khairpur Tamiwali

Khairpur Tamewali (KPT)
City
Khairpur Tamewali (KPT)
Coordinates: 29°34′48″N 72°13′58″E / 29.58000°N 72.23278°E / 29.58000; 72.23278
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Bahawalpur
Tehsil	Khairpur Tamiwali
Population (2006)
• Total	300,000
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Calling code	052

Khairpur Tamewali is a city and the capital of Khairpur Tamewali Tehsil, Bahawalpur District, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1]

History

Khairpur Tamewali was known as Khairpur in the early 18th century. It was named after "Tommy", an Englishman who discovered a meteor which fell in early 1900 at the junction of the Sidhnai Mailsi Link river and the Bahawal canal. The meteor is still available at a museum in London, England. The name became Khairpur Tamewali with the passage of time.

References

Neighbourhoods of Bahawalpur Administrations: Bahawalpur Division and Bahawalpur District Tehsils Ahmadpur East Bahawalpur Hasilpur Khairpur Tamiwali Yazman Fort Abbas Cities Ahmadpur East Bahawalpur (capital) Cholistan Desert Hasilpur Khairpur Tamiwali Uch Yazman Towns and councils Basti Babbar Basti Dhandlah Basti Nari Dadwala Faqirwali Ganehar Head Rajkan Jamalpur Khosa Kot Sabzal Mianwala Kariya Muhammadgarh Najwaniwala Villages Boharwala Channan Pir Khanqah Sharif Kotla Musa Khan Website: Bahawalpur District at NRB