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For the administrative convenience Punjab State is divided into 5 divisions and 22 districts :
Pathankot District : The district is carved out of the Gurdaspur district. The Pathankot district is located in the North zone of the state, in the foothills of Shiwalik hills. It internationally borders with the Narowal district of Pakistani Punjab. It also shares borders with the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir and Chamba and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh. Hoshiarpur district also shares boundary with it in Eastern Punjab.
Gurdaspur District : Gurdaspur district is situated in the North-West part and internationally borders with Pakistan, Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, districts of Amritsar and Hoshiarpur of Punjab and Chamba and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh. Two main rivers Beas and Ravi passes through the districts.
Amritsar District : Amritsar literally a Pool of Neltar derives its name from Amrit Sarovar. The holy tank that surrounds the fabulous Golden Temple. The foundation was laid by Guru Ram Das and the villages was named Ramdaspura. During British period Amritsar was part of Lahore division.
Tarn Taran Sahib District : Tarn Taran Sahib district was formed in 2006 from Amritsar district. It is bounded by Amritsar district in the North and Kapurthala district in the East, Pakistan in the West and Firozpur district in the South.
Hoshiarpur District : Hoshiarpur district is located in the North-Eastern part of the state. It falls in the Jalandhar revenue division and is situated in the Bist doab, Doaba region of the state. The district is sub-mountainous and stretches of rivers Beas in the North-West.
Kapurthala District : Kapurthala district is one of the smallest district of Punjab, in both terms area and population. The district is divided into two non-contiguous parts the main Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi portion and the Phagwara tehsil.
Jalandhar District : The district is named after Jalandhar. A Demon king, who finds a mention in Puranas and Mahabharata. Jalandhar literally means, area inside the water is another name of Jalandhar had been Trigartta. As it was drained by three rivers, Sutlej, Beas and Ravi.
Nawanshahr/Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District : The Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district formerly Nawanshahr was carved out of Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar district of Punjab on 7th November, 1995 as the 16 district of Punjab.
Rupnagar District : The district of Rupnagar is named after its district headquarters, formally known as Ropar, said to have been founded by a Raja called Rokeshar, who ruled during the 11th century and named it after his son Rup Sen.
Firozpur District : The district Firozpur is situated at India-Pakistan border. At the East side of it Moga district and at Southern side Muktsar district is situated. On the North-East the river Sutlej separates it from Firozpur and Kapurthala district and on the South-West side of Fazilka district touches the boundries of Firozpur. Generally the united streams of the Sutlej and Beas separates it from the Amritsar district. In the North-West and farther down from the Pakistan with the exception of some areas of each side of the river.
Moga District : Moga district is the 17 district of Punjab state, founded in 1995. Before this, Moga was the sub-division of Faridkot district is situated on Firozpur-Ludhiana road. It falls under the jurisdiction of Firozpur division, its boundaries touch the boundaries of Jalandhar district in North, Ludhiana in East, Sangrur in South and Faridkot and Firozpur in West.
Faridkot District : Faridkot district was part of the Firozpur division, but in the year 1996, Faridkot division has been established with a divisional headquarters at Faridkot, which includes Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa district.
Muktsar Sahib District : The district is intimately connected with Sikh religion, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, fought his last battle against Mughals in AD 1705 at Mukhtsar Sahib. During fighting 40 disciples of guru known as 40 Muktas sacrificed their lives.
Fazilka District : Fazilka was announced as the 21st district of Punjab before that it was included in Firozpur district. It is near the India-Pakistan border, which is 11 km away. It is situated on the rice growing and cotton rich belt of the state and is one of the major rice exporting centres in India. Before partition, the town is the wool market in undivided Punjab.
Bathinda District : Bathinda district is situated in the Southern part of Punjab in the heart of Malwa region. It forms part of newly created division Faridkot Revenue Commissioners Division. The district is surrounded with Sirsa and Fatehabad of Haryana state in the South, Sangrur and Mansa district in the East, Moga in the North-East and Faridkot and Muktsar Sahib in the North-West.
Ludhiana District : Ludhiana district was founded in the time of Lodhi dynasty, which ruled in Delhi from 1451-1526. Ludhiana is the most centrally located district, which falls in the Malwa region of the state of Punjab. It is bounded on the North by river Sutlej, which separates, it from Jalandhar district.
Barnala District : Barnala was the capital of Patiala Riyasat. When Patiala became Riyasat at that time Barnala was declared as district headquarters with Bathinda and Mansa were 2 tehsils of Patiala Riyasat.
Mansa District : Mansa district was founded on 13th April, 1992 from the earstwhile district of Bathinda. An small district both in terms of population and area. Mansa is situated in the cotton belt of Punjab and called the Area of White Gold.
Fatehgarh Sahib District : The Fatehgarh Sahib district came into existence on 13th April, 1992, named after the youngest son of 10th Guru Gobind Singh. It is the second least populous district of Punjab. The district consists of 4 tehsils-Fatehgarh Sahib, Amlok, Khamanon and Bassi Pathana, 1 sub-tehsil of Gobindgarh and 6 blocks.
Sangrur District : The Sangrur district is bounded by Ludhiana district in the North by Barnala district in the West by Patiala in the East and by Fatehbad district (Haryana) in the South. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district but now Barnala is a separate district.
Ajitgarh District : Ajitgarh District has been carved out of areas falling in Rupnagar and Patiala district as 18th district of Punjab on 4th April, 2006. The district has been formed to achieve growth of development as this area is emerging as major IT Hub of 'Northern India. Big companies like TCS, Quarcks, Dell already in business.
Patiala District : Patiala district is one of the famous princely states of earstwhile Punjab, forming the South-Eastern part of the state it lies between 29°49' and 30°47'N Latitude 75°58'-76°54'E longitude.
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