1,206-CITY ATLASSOURCE-BACKED CITY REFERENCE
Pakistan
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01What the data says — and does not say
This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Arif Wala—854,462, Asia/Karachi, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.
Wikidata's localized description: city in Punjab, Pakistan.
02This city's dataset fingerprint
The source row behind Arif Wala is GeoNames ID 1184370. Its recorded administrative path is Pakpattan District → Punjab → Pakistan, and GeoNames classifies the place as a populated place. Arifwala occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-06-17; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Arif Wala ranks 650 by recorded population. Inside the 31 selected Pakistan entries it ranks 14; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 376. Its 854,462 population value is 1.18 times the 725,000 median for the country cohort and 0.85 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Arif Wala sits in the second quarter of this atlas's Pakistan population cohort. Arif Wala's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Arif Wala's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Sahiwal (Sahiwal District) at 41.883 km with 538,344 recorded people; Okara at 68.589 km with 533,693 recorded people; Chunian at 115.243 km with 634,236 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 73.36 km. Compared with Sahiwal (Sahiwal District), Arif Wala's recorded population is 1.59 times as large. Against Arif Wala, Sahiwal (Sahiwal District) follows Sahiwal District → Punjab → Pakistan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Pakistan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Karachi identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than populated place. Its recorded population is below Arif Wala's. Against Arif Wala, Okara follows Okara District → Punjab → Pakistan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Pakistan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Karachi identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than populated place. Its recorded population is below Arif Wala's. Against Arif Wala, Chunian follows Kasur → Punjab → Pakistan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Pakistan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Karachi identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is below Arif Wala's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 375 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Arif Wala's nearest-coordinate gap sits in the second quarter of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1184370, the coordinate pair 30.2906 / 73.0657, country rank 14 of 31, and neighbor GeoNames 1166548 at 41.883 km bind Arif Wala to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Arif Wala's reference point is 30.2906° north and 73.0657° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Karachi is shared by 31 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPL is shared by 243 rows. Arif Wala's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Arif Wala's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Arif Wala's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Arif Wala, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
03Nearby atlas references
Arif Wala's closest other entries in this atlas are Sahiwal (Sahiwal District) (41.883 km), Okara (68.589 km), Chunian (115.243 km).
04Verify before you book
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GeoNames updated the row 2026-06-17; the atlas checked the dataset 2026-08-04. Available Wikidata fields were verified in the same run.
GeoNames data: CC BY 4.0. Wikidata labels and descriptions: CC0 1.0.