What is Layyah District?
{{nosources|date=November 2010}} [[Image:Pakistan - Punjab - Layyah.svg|thumb|]] '''Layyah District''' ({{lang-ur|ضلع لیّہ}}) is a [[district]] in the [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]]. The city of [[Layyah]] is the capital. Layyah District shares borders with the districts of [[Bhakkar]] (north), [[Muzaffargarh]] (south), [[Jhang]] (east) and [[D.G. Khan]] (west). The District is of semi [[rectangle|rectangular]] shape and has [[sand]]y land.{{cn|date=February 2012}} The total area of the district is 6291 [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]].{{cn|date=February 2012}} It is 88 [[kilometre|km]] from east to west & 75&nbsp;km from north to south.{{fact|date=November 2010}} It is made up of the three [[tehsil]]s of: #[[Layyah Tehsil]] #[[Chaubara Tehsil]] #[[Karor Lal Esan Tehsil]]{{cn|date=February 2012}} Layyah District has an extremely hot [[climate]]. The [[temperature]] in [[winter]] is low because it is near the [[Koh-Suleman]] [[mountain]]s.{{cn|date=February 2012}} The tehsil Chaubara is almost [[barren]] and is made up of [[forest]] and [[sand]] [[sand dune|dunes]]. The tehsil of Layyah and Karor Lal Esan are better developed [[agriculture|agriculturally]] but they have also large areas of sand dunes and [[cultivation|uncultivated]] land. The river Indus passes from north to south on western side of the district and touches D.G. Khan.{{fact|date=November 2010}} == Other websites == *[http://www.layyah.com/images/map.jpg Map of Layyah] {{Punjab_(Pakistan)}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Districts of Punjab (Pakistan)]] [[Category:Dera Ghazi Khan Division]]