Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Sialkot is GeoNames ID 1164909. Its recorded administrative path is Sialkot → Punjab → Pakistan, and GeoNames classifies the place as a second-order administrative seat. Sialkot 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 2025-05-08; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Sialkot ranks 605 by recorded population. Inside the 31 selected Pakistan entries it ranks 12; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 352. Its 911,817 population value is 1.26 times the 725,000 median for the country cohort and 0.90 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Sialkot sits in the second quarter of this atlas's Pakistan population cohort. Sialkot's recorded value is above the country-cohort median but remains below twice that benchmark. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Sialkot's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Jammu at 41.048 km with 576,198 recorded people; Gujrat at 43.691 km with 574,240 recorded people; Gujranwala at 49.506 km with 2,511,118 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 8.458 km. Compared with Jammu, Sialkot's recorded population is 1.58 times as large. Against Sialkot, Jammu follows Jammu → Jammu and Kashmir → India in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the selected India cohort rather than Pakistan, uses Asia/Kolkata instead of Asia/Karachi, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than second-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Sialkot's. Against Sialkot, Gujrat follows Gujrat District → Punjab → Pakistan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Pakistan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Karachi identifier, and carries the same second-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Sialkot's. Against Sialkot, Gujranwala follows Gujranwala District → Punjab → Pakistan in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Pakistan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Karachi identifier, and carries the same second-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Sialkot's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 363 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Sialkot'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 1164909, the coordinate pair 32.4927 / 74.5313, country rank 12 of 31, and neighbor GeoNames 1269321 at 41.048 km bind Sialkot to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Sialkot's reference point is 32.4927° north and 74.5313° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Karachi is shared by 31 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA2 is shared by 341 rows. Sialkot's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Sialkot's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Sialkot's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Sialkot, 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.
- Record keys
- Sialkot · GeoNames 1164909 · Q643883
- Name scope
- Sialkot · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Sialkot · Punjab · Pakistan
- Coordinate signature
- 32.4927° N · 74.5313° E
- Population snapshot
- 911,817 · atlas rank 605 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Pakistan rank 12 of 31 · median 725,000 · ratio 1.26×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 352 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.90×
- Time-zone cohort
- Asia/Karachi · 31 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA2 second-order administrative seat · 341 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Sialkot · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Jammu · 41.048 km · population 576,198 · atlas rank 967
- Second reference
- Gujrat · 43.691 km · population 574,240 · atlas rank 972
- Third reference
- Gujranwala · 49.506 km · population 2,511,118 · atlas rank 153
- Neighbour geometry
- Sialkot · nearest-distance rank 363 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 8.458 km
- Source dates
- Sialkot row updated 2025-05-08 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04