What is Jhelum District?
Q: What is Jhelum District?
A: Jhelum District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Q: How many people lived in the district according to the 1998 census?
A: According to the 1998 census, there were 936,957 people living in the district.
Q: What percentage of those people were urban?
A: 31.48% of those people were urban.
Q: Why is Jhelum known as "the city of soldiers"?
A: Jhelum is known for providing many soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces, which has earned it its nickname "the city of soldiers".
Q: Where does salt come from in Jhelum?
A: Salt is quarried at Mayo mine in the Salt Range in Jhelum.
Q: Are there any coal-mines in Jhelum?
A: Yes, there are two coal-mines that are worked in the province, from which North-Western railway gets some coal.
Q: What other districts border Jhelum?
A: The districts bordering Jhelum are Sargodha to its south, Gujrat and the Jhelum River to its south and east, Chakwal to its west, Mirpur to its east, and Rawalpindi to its north.
