
Introduction A vast tract of desert lying between Chenad and Ravi rivers was brought under plough in the last decade of nineteenth century. With the digging of Lower Chenab Canal it became possible to irrigate this waterless waste. Colonization operations were started in 1892 and completed on 1904. This vast area was then administered from Jhang. In 1904 a new district named Lyallour (now Faisalabad) was created with the headquarters at Lyallpur a town name after Sir James Lyall, the then Lt. Governor of Punjab. The then district had four tehsils i.e. Lyallpur, Jaranwala, Samundri and Toba Tek Singh. Henceforth Lyallpur (Faisalabad) functioned as an independent administrative unit. If was then a part of Multan division. The other districts included in this new division were Sargodha. Mianwali and Jhang. Under a historic announcement by the President of Pakistan district Lyallpur was renamed as Faisalabad after the name of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia in recognition of his outstanding services to Islam and Muslim Umma. In order to provide equal oppurtunities of economic growth to far flung areas of the province, the provincial government under took to re-organize the administrative units. Accordingly, six new districts and three new divisions were created with effect from 1-7-1982. Faisalabad district and given the status of an independent district and in the second place Faisalabad itself was raised to the status of divisional headquarters. The new division which started funstioning with effect from 1-7-1982 is called Faisalabad division comprising districts of Faisalabad, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh. Location The district lies from 30° 42' to 31° 47' north latitudes and 72° 40' to 73° 40' east longitudes. Boundary It is bounded on the north by Jhang, Hafizabad and Sheikhupura districts, on the east of Sheikhupura, Okara and Sahiwal districts, on the south by Sahiwal and T.T Singh districts and on the west by T.T Singh and Jhang districts. Area This district has an area of 1,443,703 acres of 5,356 square kilometers. Population (According to Census 1998)
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