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Sherabad, Punjab

human settlement in Pakistan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ7494650 ↗
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Sherabad (Urdu: شيرﺁباد) is a town located in Bhawana Tehsil, Chiniot District, Punjab, Pakistan. Situated along the Jhang-Chiniot Road, it lies approximately 14 kilometres from Bhawana in the direction of Jhang.

The name is of Persian origin, which is also shared with Urdu, standing for ''lion's lair'' ("sher" for lion, and "abad" for abode).

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The public source identifies “Sherabad, Punjab” as human settlement in Pakistan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sherabad, Punjab and human.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 54-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sherabad, Punjab and human providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7494650. Authority coordinates are 31.490, 72.520. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sherabad, Punjab” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.