Wāh

Wāh

also called  Wāh Cantonment,  

      town, Punjab province, northern Pakistan. It is connected by road with Peshāwar and Rāwalpindi and is a growing industrial centre. Wāh's industries include one of the largest cement factories in the Indian subcontinent, ordnance and tractor plants, and agricultural implements and spare-parts manufacturing. Amenities include a garden said to have been built by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century. Pop. (1998 prelim.) including cantonment, 198,431.

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