Okara
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Okara
Okara (ōkäˈrə), city (1998 pop. 200,901), N central Pakistan. It is a market for food grains, oilseed, and cotton, with manufactures in textiles, hosiery, and carpets. The city has a national dairy farm and a livestock research center.
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Okara
a city in Pakistan, in Punjab Province. Population, 133,000 (1971). It is a transportation junction on the Lower Bari Doab Canal, between the Ravi and Sutlej rivers. Okara is the trade center of an agricultural region. The city has cotton-cloth, flour-milling, clothing, and salt-processing enterprises. It is also noted for the production of metal boxes.
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