Summary of Faislabad district

Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
Headquarters Faisalabad
Number of Tehsils 6
Government
 • DCO Sardar Saifullah Dogar[1]
Population (2017)[2]
 • Total 7,873,910
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Languages Punjabi, Urdu
 Administartive division
Until divisions were abolished in the year 2000 it was part of Faisalabad Division.
• Since 2005, Faisalabad was re-organized as a City-District, and
composes of eight Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMA) (or
towns).[8]
• Faisalabad
• Madina Town
• Jinnah Town
• Iqbal Town
• Chak Jhumra Town
• Jaranwala Town
• Samundri Town
• Tandlianwala Town
 Language
• According to the 1998 census, Punjabi is the 
first language of 98% of the population.[The
variety of Punjabi spoken in the urban centres
of the district is known as Lyallpuri and is very
closely related to the varieties spoken in 
Jalandhar, Lahore, Sahiwal, and Gujranwala.
Urdu is the first language of only 1.2%, but it
has official status and is used in education and
administration.
 Famous for ..?
• The reason Faisalabad is called Manchester of
Pakistan because it's the biggest textile city of
Pakistan and all the industries here related to
textiles and same is Manchester in UK so
these cities are also named as Twin cities.
After Lahore, Faisalabad is famous for its food