Sialkot District
Sialkot District
ضلع سیالکوٹ | |
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Top: Sialkot Clock Tower Bottom: Village of Kotli Noonan | |
Map of Sialkot District highlighted | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Gujranwala |
| Established | 1852 |
| Capital | Sialkot |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Muhammad Zulqarnain Langrial |
| • District Police Officer | Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani |
| • CEO Education | Mian Riaz Ahmed |
| Area | |
| 3,016 km2 (1,164 sq mi) | |
| Population | |
| 4,499,394 | |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,481,968 (32.94%) |
| • Rural | 3,017,426 (67.06%) |
| Language(s) | |
| • Main language(s) | Urdu, Punjabi |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 052 |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Website | sialkot |
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Sialkot District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع سیالکوٹ), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the northeast of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. The Sialkot Cantonment was established in 1852.