Sohawa
Sohawa
سوہاوہ | |
|---|---|
Town | |
.jpg) Grand Trunk Road (N-5) in Sohawa | |
  Sohawa | |
| Coordinates: 33°07′55″N 73°25′12″E / 33.13194°N 73.42000°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Rawalpindi |
| District | Jhelum |
| Tehsil | Sohawa |
| Government | |
| • MPA | Syed Riffat Mehmood |
| Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Pahari-Pothwari, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code | 49230 |
| Calling code | 0544 |
Sohawa is a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and is the capital of the Sohawa Tehsil, which is an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District in Punjab.[1] Sohawa has grown from a small village in 1947 to a large town in 2014, with major developments in transport, education and health. Most of the bureaucrats, army officers, judges and high officials belong to Sohawa areas
Etymology[edit]
The etymology of Sohawa has not been proven, but folk etymology suggests Soo Awa, which means "100 pottery furnaces".
Geography[edit]
Sohawa is in the north-western part of Jhelum district, Punjab, on the subcontinental Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) between Gujar Khan and Dina. The geographical coordinates of its weather station are 33° 07' 15" North, 73° 25' 34".[2] One sign of Sohawa is the toll plaza by the name of 'Tarakki' on the GT Road. The bazaars of Sohawa attract people from nearby villages; these bazaars are located on both sides of the GT Road.
Sociology[edit]
The population mostly consists of different tribes. One of the major professions in Sohawa is service in the Armed Forces. A large number of people of Sohawa are settled in foreign countries particularly Western Europe and Middle East. The main source of livelihood of the people is agriculture.
In the media[edit]
In mid 2014, Sohawa was featured on national media including Geo News, Dawn News and other top news channel because of newly discovered Ghauri XI oil reserves in its suburbs.[3]
Health[edit]
The main hospital for Sohawa and surrounding rural areas is the 80-bed Tehsil Headquarters Hospital but it has only basic facilities.[4] For more serious health problems people have to go to larger hospitals in major cities such as Gujar Khan, Islamabad or Jhelum. There is also a rural health center in Domeli and twelve basic health units (Adrana, Jandala, Nagial, Gurah Uttam Singh, Kohali, Phulray Syedan, Surgdhan, Dewan-e-Hazoori, Pail Mirza, Karounta, Panchor and Banth). Additionally there three government rural dispensaries (Lehri, Gaddar, and Baragawah) and four rural dispensaries (Dial, Hayal, Pari Darweza and Dhairy Bakrala).
References[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Location of Sohawa - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ "Oil struck near Jhelum - Pakistan - DAWN.COM". 7 June 2014.
- ^ "TEHSIL HEADQUARTER HOSPITAL, SOHAWA, JHELUM". Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department, Government of The Punjab. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
