Sheikhupura

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For the district, see Sheikhupura District. For other uses, see Sheikhupura (disambiguation) .
‫شخ‬
Shekhupura also known as Qila Sheikhupura(Urdu: ‫ ی ُوپُورہ‬ , Punjabi: ‫)شیخُوپُور‬
is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Founded by
the Mughal Emperor Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is now the 16th largest
city in Pakistan,[2] and is the headquarters of Sheikhupura District.
Sheikhupura is also the headquarters of Sheikhupura Division. The city is an
industrial center, and satellite town, located about 38 km northwest
of Lahore.[3]According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, its population is
831147 .

Sheikhupura

‫شی ُخوپُور‬
City
Hiran Minar near Sheikhupura was built by the
Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1620 CE[1]

Sheikhupura

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Coordinates: 31°42′40″N 73°59′16″E

Country Pakistan

Province Punjab

District Sheikhupura

Elevation 236 m (774 ft)

Population

 (2017)

 • Total 473,129

Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

 Postal code 39350

Union council number 51

EtymologyEdit
The region around Sheikhupura was previous known as Virk Garh,
or "Virk Fort", in reference to the Jat tribe that inhabited the area.[4] The city,
founded in 1607, was named by Mughal Emperor Jehangir himself - the city's
first name is recorded in the Emperor's autobiography, the Tuzk-e-
Jahangiri, in which he refers to the town as Jehangirabad.[5] The city then
came to be known by its current name, which derives from Jehangir's
nickname Shekhu that was given to him by his mother, wife of Akbar the
Great.[6]