Makwal Kalan

Makwal Kalan
Union council and town
Makwal Kalan Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 30°35′00″N 70°44′00″E / 30.58333°N 70.73333°E / 30.58333; 70.73333
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Dera Ghazi Khan District
Elevation	443 ft (135 m)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
• Summer (DST)	+6 (UTC)

Makwal Kalan is a town and union council in the Taunsa Tehsil subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.^[1] It is located at 30°35'00N 70°44'00E and has an altitude of 135 metres (443 ft).^[2]

Makwal Kalan is 69 km from Dera Ghazi Khan and located 4 km away from the geographical centre of Pakistan, close to the Sulaiman Mountains and Taunsa Barrage.

The major tribe in the town is the Nutkani. Its fertile agricultural lands produce many different crops.

During the floods in 2010 flood people from the town hosted many flood victims.

References

Dera Ghazi Khan District

Capital: Dera Ghazi Khan

Tehsils	D.G. Khan and Tounsa Shareef

Union councils	Aaliwala Bahadur Garh Barthi Basti Fauja Basti Malana Chhabri Choti Zerine Chotibala Churatta Darkhast Jamal Khan Drahma Fateh Khan Fazal Kachh Gadai Ghaus Abad Haji Ghazi Hero Sharqi Jakhar Imam Shah Jaluwali Jhoke Uttra Kala Khakhi Kot Chutta Kot Haibat Kot Mubarak Kot Qaisrani Lakhani Makwal Kalan Mamoori Mana Ahmadani Mangrotha Mor Jhangi Mubaraki Mutafariq Chahan Nari Shumali Nawan Notak Paigah Pir Adil Ramin Sakhi Sarwar Samina Shadan Lund Shah Sadar Din Sokar Tibbi Qaisrani Tuman Leghari Tuman Qaisrani Vehoa Wadore Yaroo

Coordinates: 30°35′00″N 70°44′00″E / 30.58333°N 70.73333°E / 30.58333; 70.73333

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