Lahore has a population of about 19,418,854. It is the capital of the province of Punjab, in Pakistan. Lahore is located along the bank of river Ravi. It is centrally situated and is generally known as “The Heart of Pakistan”.
Lahore is the heart of Pakistan, the historical city of Punjab and the second biggest city in Pakistan. It is truly in many ways a rare city. Lahore implies in different ways for different persons, it is the city of gardens, colleges, historical structures, Landmarks and the capital city of Punjab. There are thousands of workplaces where countless people are employed.
Lahore enjoys the great geographical position bounded by the northern gulf of the Sheikhupura Area, around the far-east towards Wagah, along with the Kasur Area towards the south. The famous River Ravi flows around the north area of Lahore. Lahore city has a territory area of 404 km² and is expanding rapidly. The city of Lahore located around the River Ravi positioned about 20 km’s from the Wagah boundary and is fifty-five-kilo meters from the Indian city Amritsar.
Lahore is the core of education and training. It is the city where Punjab University and government College University located. It has a lot of famous colleges and Universities, people from all over the Pakistan come’s Lahore every year to study and fulfill their dreams. It has a population of more than 10 million, People belonged to every kind of religion and every walk of life has been living in this great city since centuries.
A long time ago, Pilgrims, travelers, and wanderers used to come there with long lasting households and became settled in this city. These people had brought with them brand new concepts, ideas, cultures, and customs, Due to which Lahore had become the jewel in Sub-Continent.
Lahore is located on the left bank of River Ravi. This great city is divided into two parts commonly known as “Central Lahore” and “Outside Lahore”. The Central Lahore is a very old place. It had been founded a long time ago by Lav who was one of the Son of Raja Ram Chandar.
The city had been made similar to the shape of a parallelogram and the area within the walls of a city (central Lahore or Older Lahore) is about 461-kilo meters. The position of the central Lahore is 31’-34′ Northern latitude and within 74’ — 20′ East longitude.
The streets are thin even the turns, the architecture of houses are complex nevertheless, many of them are not airy but nicely lightened. The bazaar of Lahore are densely crowded, perhaps the Anarkali Bazar may be the busiest part of the city.
Lahore is famous for many things. The areas of Lahore which are really worth seeing include Lahore Fort, Minar-e-Pakistan, Sunehri Masjid, Wazir Khan Masjid, Iqbal Park, Shalamar Garden, Badshahi Mosque, Tombs of Jehangir and Nur Jehan which lie in Shahdara.
In accordance with the temperature of the city, we will find two main seasons which are winter season and summer season. The monsoon period is at the top level during the months of September and May. The rain during these 8 weeks is equal to the 50% of total rain during the year. The driest months that this city faces every year are October and the winter rain pour down on the city from December to February. That’s why there is certainly a lot of rainwater making the city’s gardens a lot more lovely when compared them with they are already.
Tourists from all over the world attract towards its historical places, Such as Lahore fort, which was created by Mughal emperor Akbar, Shalamar bagh that was created by Jahangir, Badshahi mosque which was created by Orengzaib Alamgir. The Jahangir’s tomb is also very famous. Therefore, there was a lot of development in Lahore in the time of the Mughal emperors and this city got its beautiful landmarks in the time of the Mughal rulers. These places are very famous for their ancient architecture and beautiful gardens. Also, in the era of Jahangir and Shar shah Sori Lahore was the capital of their domain.
Lahore has a rich cultural heritage which it got from several civilizations. This city was successively supported as a regional capital for the empire of Shahi kingdoms in the 11th century, the Ghaznavids in the time of 12th Century, Mughal Empire within the sixteenth Century, the actual Sikh extension within the early nineteenth Century, also it has been the administrative center of the Punjab under the British Raj in the middle of the nineteenth Century and early twentieth Century. Lahore remained the traditional capital of Punjab for centuries.
Lahore had reached his glorious heights in the era of Mughal rulers. Under the rule of Mughals, this city had received the lovely fortification, beautiful buildings, gardens, tombs, mosques, and pavilions. There are several old titles documented for this beautiful city. These titles are Lahanoor, Mahmood pur, Loh pur, Lohar pur.
The best thing about Lahore is its spicy foods and monuments, which are very famous. The Food Street of Lahore is one of the most famous and expensive Food Street which is located at the back of Lahore fort. The most famous items of this street are lahory biryani, Siri pava, Pathora, Mutton karahi, Lahore broast and dahgi chargah. Tourists from all over the world come’s here to enjoy these spicy foods. The scene of the food street is one of the fascinating sites of the Lahore city. The Lahore Metro bus system truly distinguished it from other cities of Pakistan, this bus route is 27-Killometers long and consists of 29 stations from Gajumata to Shahadra and it covers almost all the major parts of a city. This system really made the life of most people easier. There are many Malls in this city but the famous one’s are “Mall of Lahore” and the “Sadiq trade center” but my favorite is “Mall of Lahore”, which is the biggest and most popular Mall in this city.
