Sahiwal is a city in
Punjab,
Pakistan.
It is the administrative centre of
Sahiwal District
and
Sahiwal Division.
Sahiwal is approximately 180 km from the major city
Lahore
and is the city between Lahore and
Multan.
The population is 207,388 (1998
Pakistan Census).
This city becamea small village on the Karachi-Lahore railway line
during 1865 when it was named Montgomery after
Sir Robert Montgomery,
then Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab. It was given its current name
during 1967 after the
Sahi
clan of
Kharal
jatt
who were the inhabitants of this area.
The city is in the densely
populated region between the Sutlej and Ravi rivers. The principal
crops are wheat, cotton, tobacco, legumes, potato
[4]and
oilseeds. Cotton goods and lacquered woodwork are manufactured.
