24 Facts About Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan.

Gujranwala's name means "Abode of the Gujjars" in Punjabi, and was named after the Gujjar tribe that live in northern Punjab.

Gujranwala was founded by Gurjars in the eighteenth century however the exact origins of Gujranwala are unclear.

Unlike the ancient nearby cities of Sialkot and Lahore, Gujranwala is a relatively modern city.

Gujranwala was succeeded by his son Maha Singh who added to the lands that Charat Singh had not only captured but capably administered.

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Gujranwala remained Ranjit Singh's capital until he captured Lahore from the Durrani Afghans in 1799, at which point the capital was moved there, leading to the relative decline of Gujranwala in favour of Lahore.

Gujranwala was incorporated as a municipality in 1867, and the city's Brandreth, Khiyali, and Lahori Gates built atop the site of Sikh-era gates were completed in 1869.

Riots erupted in Gujranwala following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in April 1919.

Gujranwala became home to Muslim refugees who were fleeing from the widespread anti-Muslim pogroms that depopulated eastern Punjab in India of almost its entire Muslim population.

Refugees in Gujranwala were mainly those who had fled from the cities of Amritsar, Patiala, and Ludhiana in what had become the Indian state of East Punjab.

Many refugees found post-Partition Gujranwala lacking in opportunities, causing some to move south to Karachi.

Gujranwala's economy continued to grow into the 1970s and 1980s.

Gujranwala sits at the heart of the Rechna Doab, a strip of land between the Chenab in the north, and Ravi River in the south.

Gujranwala is part of the Majha, a historical region of northern Punjab.

Gujranwala is 226 metres above sea level, sharing borders with Ghakhar Mandi and several towns and villages.

Gujranwala has a hot semi-arid climate, according to the Koppen-Geiger system, and changes throughout the year.

Gujranwala grew rapidly following British rule, and connection of the city to the railways of British India.

Gujranwala is the Pakistan's third largest centre of industrial production, after Karachi and Faisalabad.

The rural regions surrounding Gujranwala are heavily engaged in the production of wheat and are yield more wheat per acre than the national average.

Gujranwala District is the most productive region for rice-growing in Punjab.

In 2010, Gujranwala was rated number 6 out of Pakistan's top 13 cities in order of ease of doing business by the World Bank, and was ranked the second-best in Pakistan for construction permits.

Gujranwala is situated along the historic Grand Trunk Road that connects Peshawar to Islamabad and Lahore.

Gujranwala is serviced by the nearby Sialkot International Airport - Pakistan's first privately owned commercial airport.

Gujranwala has a small scale centrally managed public transportation system known as a city tour.