Sargodha
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Sargodha سرگودھا |
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| State : |
 Pakistan
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| Province : | Punjab | ||
| Coordinates : |
32 ° 5 ′ N , 72 ° 40 ′ E
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| Residents : | 659,862 (2017) | ||
| Time zone : | PST ( UTC + 5 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+92) 048 | ||
| Postal code : | 40100
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| Nazim ( Mayor ) : | Inam-ul-Haq Paracha | ||
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Sargodha is a large city in the Pakistani province of Punjab . It is located 175 km west of the metropolis of Lahore and about the same distance south of the capital Islamabad . Sargodha had 659,862 inhabitants at the last census (2017). Its economy is traditionally agricultural, but it is also home to a university and Pakistan's largest air force base. Doctors of various origins work at the Fatima Hospital in Sargodha.
Population development
| Census year | population |
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| 1972 | 200,460 |
| 1981 | 291,362 |
| 1998 | 455.360 |
| 2017 | 659,862 |