Faisalabad (redirected from Faislabad)

Faisalabad (fīsäl`əbäd'), formerly Lyallpur (lī`əlpr), city (1998 pop. 1,977,246), NE Pakistan, in a cotton- and wheat-growing area. It is an important transportation and commercial center, especially for grains, cloth, and ghee (clarified butter). Manufactures include textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemical fertilizer, bicycles, textile machinery, hosiery, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and soap. The city was founded by Sir James Lyall c.1895 and named in his honor. Punjab Agricultural Univ., several colleges affiliated with the Univ. of Punjab, and numerous experimental farms and cattle-breeding stations are in Faisalabad.

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Faisalabad

 formerly (until 1979) Lyallpur

City (pop., 2005 est.: urban agglom., 2,494,000), Punjab province, eastern Pakistan. Founded in 1890, it became headquarters of the Lower Chenab colony and in 1898 was incorporated as a municipality. It serves as a distribution centre in the central Punjab plain, and its industries produce chemicals and synthetics, textiles, and food products. It is the site of West Pakistan Agricultural University (1961) and of a number of colleges affiliated with the University of the Punjab.