Chaj Doab
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Chaj Doab
چَج دوآب | |
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| • Total | 27,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi) |
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Chaj Doab (Punjabi: چَج دوآب; romanized: Chaj Do'āb) is a tract of land in the Punjab and Kashmir regions, lying between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers, in present-day Pakistan and India.[1] It, administratively, covers a huge portion of northern and central areas of the Punjab province (Pakistan), southern and central Azad Kashmir (administered by Pakistan) and huge portion of the Jammu and Kashmir (administered by India).[2] It is one of the five major doabs of the Punjab, covering the Punjab Plains, Azad Kashmir and southern Kashmir Valley.
Districts[edit]
This doab covers Gujrat District, Bhimber District, Mirpur District, Mandi Bahauddin District, Sargodha District, Lalian Tehsil of Chiniot District and some areas of Jhang Tehsil of Jhang District.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Report on Land and Water Development in the Indus Plain. White House: Department of Interior Panel on Waterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1964. p. 26.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Rivers of the World, James R Penn, p122, 2001, ISBN 1-57607-042-5, accessed April 2009
