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Sujawal سجاول | |
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Town | |
  Sujawal  Sujawal | |
| Coordinates:24°36′11″N68°4′45″E / 24.60306°N 68.07917°E /24.60306; 68.07917 | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Sindh |
| District | Sujawal District |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 38,736 |
Sujawal (Urdu:سجاول), town is headquarter of Sujawal district ofSindh. Previously, it was Sub Divisional Headquarter of Sujawal Sub Division ofThatta District,Sindh,Pakistan. The Government of Sindh has granted Sujawal the status of a district and after the approval of Chief Minister Sindh, a notification has been issued by Revenue Department on 12 October 2013. The new district would comprise Sujawal,Kharo Chan,Mirpur Bathoro,Jati andShahbandar talukas. It is located at about 20 km west ofThatta on the roadBadin toKarachi. Sujawal is an agricultural city with a few industries located near it. Sujawal is a multi community and ethnic city containing different sects and religions.
Sujawal's climate is moderate, winter is cold and summer is bit hot. As well humidity in this area too. Sujawal is near the sea. During winter seasonal birds migrate fromSiberia andRussia in this area lakes. InIndus river there is famous fish calledPalla, is famous in this area, now breeding of that fish is diminishing every year due towater shortage in river Indus. It has been a political centre of the District, mainstream parties in Sujawal include thePakistan People's Party,Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan,Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F),Pakistan Muslim League (N),JUP,PMLF,JSQM,PPPSB and others. There are twoProvincial Assembly seats PS 86 and PS 87 and oneNational Assembly seat NA 238 in the District Sujawal.
According to historianAziz Jafrani, the town of Sujawal was originally known asMaanjar because of its wetlands.[1] The late 16th-centuryAin-i-Akbari lists Maanjar as one of the 18mahals of theSarkar of Thatta, with a yearly revenue of 1,221,752dams.[2] The name "Sujawal" dates from the time of theTalpur dynasty, in the late 1700s: a fisherman named Sujawal Khaskheli, who came from the village of Maanjar, correctly predicted the birth of a son toMir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur, the ruler of Sindh. Mir Fateh Talpur rewarded him with gifts of land and precious jewels, as well as renaming the village of Maanjar to Sujawal in his honor.[1]
According to the2023 census, Sujawal had population of 38,736.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1951 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1972 | 12,715 | — |
| 1981 | 14,961 | +1.82% |
| 1998 | 23,286 | +2.64% |
| 2017 | 35,308 | +2.22% |
| 2023 | 38,736 | +1.56% |
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