What is Bahawalpur Tehsil?
'''Bahawalpur Tehsil''' (also Bhawalpur or Bhawulpore) ({{lang-ur|بہاولپور }}) is a city of (1998 pop. 403,408) in [[Bahawalpur District]], Punjab Pakistan. [[Seraiki]] is the local language of the area. [[Urdu]] and [[English language|English]] are also spoken by the people. Bahawalpur is located south of the Sutlej River and it lies in the Cholistan region. It is situated 90&nbsp;km from Multan, 420&nbsp;km from [[Lahore]] and about 700&nbsp;km from the national capital [[Islamabad.]] It was the capital of the former [[princely state]] of '''Bahawalpur'''. {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Tehsils of Bahawalpur District]]