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Chawinda چونڈہ | |
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Town | |
  Chawinda  Chawinda | |
| Coordinates:32°23′03″N74°43′30″E / 32.3841°N 74.7249°E /32.3841; 74.7249 | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Sialkot |
| Tehsil | Pasrur |
| Government | |
| • MPA | Zain Khan |
| • MNA |
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| • Assistant Education Officer | Umer Farooq |
| Elevation | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 26,906 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 052 |
| Union councils | 121 |
Chawinda (Urdu:چونڈہ) is a city located near village Sehna Wali inPasrur Tehsil,Sialkot District,Punjab,Pakistan. The town sits at an altitude of 165 metres (541 ft),[1] close to the border withJammu and Kashmir.
Chawinda was the site of a keytank battle during theIndo-Pakistani War of 1965, where the Pakistani forces blocked the advance of the Indian Army which had thrust itself into the Sialkot district in an effort to thwart Pakistan's own advances intoIndian-administered Kashmir.
| Climate data for Chawinda | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18 (64) | 21 (69) | 26 (78) | 33 (91) | 39 (102) | 40 (104) | 35 (95) | 33 (91) | 34 (93) | 32 (89) | 26 (78) | 20 (68) | 29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5 (41) | 8 (46) | 12 (53) | 18 (64) | 23 (73) | 26 (78) | 26 (78) | 25 (77) | 23 (73) | 17 (62) | 10 (50) | 5 (41) | 16 (60) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 41 (1.6) | 40 (1.6) | 44 (1.7) | 21 (0.8) | 17 (0.7) | 68 (2.7) | 271 (10.7) | 256 (10.1) | 132 (5.2) | 14 (0.6) | 11 (0.4) | 21 (0.8) | 936 (36.8) |
| Source: Weatherbase[2] | |||||||||||||