Lalamusa
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Lala Musa
لالہ موسیٰ | |
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City | |
  Lala Musa  Lala Musa | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′1″N 73°57′28″E / 32.70028°N 73.95778°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Gujrat |
| Government | |
| • Chairman MC | Nadeem Asghar Kaira |
| Elevation | 261 m (856 ft) |
| Population | 91,542 |
Lala Musa (/lɑː.lɑ‿mʊ.sɑː/; Urdu: لالہ مُوسیٰ , Punjabi: لالہ موسا), is a city located in the Gujrat District of the Punjab province, Pakistan with a population of 91,500 in 2018.[1]
History
Toponomy
Lala Musa is a combination of two nouns which mean Brother Musa with Lala (from various languages such as Pashto, Punjabi, Urdu etc) meaning Elder Brother and Musa being the name of a person, essentially meaning that the city is named after a person named Musa.
Geography
Lalamusa is situated on the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway 5). It is geographically located at latitude (32.7 degrees) 32° 42' 0" North of the Equator and longitude (73.96 degrees) 73° 57' 35" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of the world and lies at an altitude of about 250 meters.
It also has many neighbouring cities such as Kharian 14km) and Gujrat 15km).
Transport
This city is connected through the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway 5) which allows it to be linked to major cities like Islamabad (100 miles/160kms to the west) and Lahore (100 miles/160kms to the east).
A railway station (Lala Musa Junction Station) also serves the city for longer journeys operated by Pakistan Railways with around 20 trains travelling throughout the country.[2]
Public Services
The Local Government training Academy is also in Lalamusa.
Cultural and leisure
Public Parks
Lala Musa has a number of public parks and nature reserves like Barkat Park, Qasim Park, Hassan park, Fatima Jinnah park, Haji Asgar park.
Notable People
- Javed Chaudhry is a journalist from Lala Musa, who is known for his infamous column “Zero Point”.
- Qamar Zaman Kaira is the senior leader of the political party, Pakistan Peoples Party and was the former Information Minister and Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. [3]
- Alam Lohar, a Punjabi folk singer, died in a road accident on the outskirts of Lala Musa and was buried in the city.[4]
- Arif Lohar is a famous folk singer who is also from Lalamusa.
- Suri Sehgal, an Indian-American scientist and philanthropist, grew up in Lala Musa city before the partition of Punjab between India and Pakistan.[5]
References
- ^ "Gujrat District – Population of Cities, Towns and Villages 2017-2018". .politicpk.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Lala Musa Railway Station Time Table of Pakistan Railways Trains". Urdupoint.
- ^ Guramani, Nadir (17 May 2019). "PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira's son killed in a road accident". DAWN News.
- ^ "Aalam Lohar - Biography". IMDb.
- ^ University, © Stanford. "Oral history with Suri Sehgal, 2016 October 23". The 1947 Partition Archive - Spotlight at Stanford. Retrieved 2 September 2020.