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Chawinda (Urdu: چونڈہ) is a city located in Pasrur Tehsil, Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan. The town sits at an altitude of 165 metres (541 ft),[1] close to the border with Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
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Chawinda
چونڈہ | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Chawinda  Chawinda | |
| Coordinates: 32.3841°N 74.7249°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab, Pakistan |
| Government | |
| • MPA | Liaqat Bhaloor |
| • MNA |
|
| • Assistant Education Officer | Umer Farooq |
| Elevation | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 26,906 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 052 |
| Union councils | 121 |
Chawinda was the site of a key tank battle during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, where the Pakistani forces blocked the advance of the Indian Army which had thrust itself into the Sialkot district in an effort to thwart Pakistan's own advances into Indian-administered Kashmir.[2] Tanks, aircrafta and other army vehicles are placed in the park of Chawinda city in the memory of battle.
| Climate data for Chawinda | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18 (64) |
21 (69) |
26 (78) |
33 (91) |
39 (102) |
40 (104) |
35 (95) |
33 (91) |
34 (93) |
32 (89) |
26 (78) |
20 (68) |
29 (84) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5 (41) |
8 (46) |
12 (53) |
18 (64) |
23 (73) |
26 (78) |
26 (78) |
25 (77) |
23 (73) |
17 (62) |
10 (50) |
5 (41) |
16 (60) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41 (1.6) |
40 (1.6) |
44 (1.7) |
21 (0.8) |
17 (0.7) |
68 (2.7) |
271 (10.7) |
256 (10.1) |
132 (5.2) |
14 (0.6) |
11 (0.4) |
21 (0.8) |
936 (36.8) |
| Source: Weatherbase[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- Location of Chawinda - Falling Rain Genomics
- "Battle of Chawinda", Wikipedia, 10 October 2022, retrieved 16 October 2022
- "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for CHAWINDA, Pakistan". Weatherbase. 2008.
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