Multan

Summary

Multan is a city^[1]. Multan ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,462 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Multan is located in Multan District^[3].
• Multan is in the country of Pakistan^[4].
• Multan is on the body of water Chenab River^[5].
• Multan's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Multan's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Multan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Konya^[8].
• Multan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bursa^[9].
• Multan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rasht^[10].
• Multan's legislative body is recorded as Municipal Corporation Multan^[11].
• Multan's postal code is recorded as 60000^[12].
• Multan's Commons category is recorded as Multan^[13].
• Multan's located in time zone is recorded as Pakistan Standard Time^[14].
• Multan's local dialing code is recorded as 061^[15].
• Multan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.197777777777777, 'lon': 71.47111111111111}^[16].
• Multan's significant event is recorded as Siege of Multan^[17].
• Multan's official website is recorded as http://www.multan.gov.pk/^[18].
• Multan's IPA transcription is recorded as mʊltaːn^[19].
• Multan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Multan^[20].
• Multan's Commons gallery is recorded as Multan^[21].
• Multan has a population of {'amount': '+1606481'}^[22].
• Multan has a population of {'amount': '+3117000'}^[23].
• Multan has a population of {'amount': '+1871843'}^[24].
• Multan's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Multan^[25].
• Multan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Multan's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[27].

Body

Geography

Multan is in the country of Pakistan^[4]. Multan is located in Multan District^[3]. Multan is on the body of water Chenab River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3721'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+286'}^[29]. Multan sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+122'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1606481'}^[22], {'amount': '+3117000'}^[23], and {'amount': '+1871843'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Multan include Multan International Airport^[31], an international airport^[32], in Pakistan^[33].

Why It Matters

Multan ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,462 views/month).^[2] Multan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Multan is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Multan include Multan International Airport^[31], an international airport^[32], in Pakistan^[33].