Back লাহোর জেলা Bengali/Bangla Districte de Lahore Catalan Lahore District CEB Distrito de Lahore Spanish ناحیه لاهور Persian लाहौर ज़िला Hindi Distretto di Lahore Italian लाहौर जिला MAI ਲਹੌਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ Punjabi ضلع لہور PNB
Lahore District
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 Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′N 74°20′E / 31.417°N 74.333°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Lahore |
| Established | 1847 |
| Founded by | British Raj |
| Headquarters | Lahore |
| Administrative Subdivisions | 05
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| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • District Commissioner | Syed Musa Raza |
| • Constituensy (14) | NA-117 Lahore-I to NA-130 Lahore-XIV |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,772 km2 (684 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 12,978,661 |
| • Density | 7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lahori |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | |
| NWD (area) code | 042 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-PB |
| CNIC Code of Lahore District | 3520X-XXXXXXX-X |
| Website | lahore |
Lahore District (Punjabi: ضلع لہور; Urdu: ضلع لاہور) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous district of Pakistan, with a population of 12,978,661 (10.29 million) in 2023.[1][3][4]
The total area is 1,772 square kilometres (684 sq mi). Before 1976, Lahore district was composed of 3 tehsils - Lahore, Kasur and Chunian, but in 1976, Kasur and Chunian tehsils became Kasur District, separate from Lahore District.[5][6] The remaining area was then sub-divided into 5 tehsils - Lahore, Lahore Cantonment, Model Town, Raiwind and Shalimar.
On 27 August 2024, the Punjab Government announced the creation of five new tehsils - Wagah, Ravi, Nishtar, Iqbal Town and Saddar.
- ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Towns and Unions in the City District of Lahore". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Lahore District". Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago website. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Geographical Boundaries of Lahore". lahore.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Punjab-Lahore -". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
"Lahore district is bounded on the north and west by Sheikhupura district, on the east by India's Amritsar district, and on the south by Kasur district. River Ravi flows on the northern side of Lahore, and separates it from Sheikhupura district.