Multan

Multan (Urdu: مُلتان‎; Saraiki, Punjabi: مُلتان; pronunciation), is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is Pakistan's third largest city by area and its fifth largest by population. The city is located on the banks of the Chenab River in the geographic center of the country and is about 565 km (351 mi) from the capital Islamabad, 347 km (216 mi) from Lahore, 97 km (60 mi) from Bahawalpur,96 km (60 mi) from Vehari, 145 km (90 mi) from Layyah, 35 km (22 mi) from Muzaffargarh, 96 km (60 mi) from D.G.Khan and 934 km (580 mi) from Karachi. Multan District has a population of 3.1 million (1998).