Piplan

Piplan (Punjabi, Urdu: پِپلاں), is the main city of Piplan Tehsil in Mianwali District, situated in Punjab, Pakistan.

پِپلاں
City
Piplan
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Mianwali District
Population  (2017 Census of Pakistan)
• Total	30,989
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

It is almost 52 km from the district capital Mianwali which lies to the north. Piplan is surrounded by many other similar towns: To the south are the towns of Musa Wali Mattha, Churkin, Jhanbir and Kaloor Kot, to the north are Doaba, Mianwali, Alluwali, Kundian and Mianwali to the east, Hernoli and Hafiz Wala and to the west is the Indus River.

History

The name of Piplan was given historically before the independence of Pakistan in 1947. Many Hindus used to live in Piplan and the name of this town was Peepul or Peepul wala (Peepul: fig tree, regarded as sacred by both Hindus and Buddhists, who call it a "bo tree"). After the independence of Pakistan, the name was changed to Peepul-Aan, now written as Piplan.

Geography

Latitude:32.2867, Longitude:71.3664
Altitude (feet) 647,(meters)185
Time zone: UTC+5

Nearby cities and towns

West	North	East	South
Dost Muhammad Khanwala(2.4 km)	Jal, Punjab (1.8 km)	Liaqatabad (Piplan) (0.5 km) Chak No 3/4 ML (9.0 km)	Musewali (2.1 km)
Banda Sardar Khan (2.4 km)	Jal, Punjab] (1.4 km)	Hafiz Wala (7.5 km)	Nuranwala (1.5 km) [Jhangiwala/Raoji] (7.5 km.)

Climate

Piplan (as does the whole district of Mianwali) has extreme weather. Summer lasts from May to September; June is the hottest month with an average monthly temperature of 42 °C with a maximum of up to 50 °C. In winter, however, the December and January temperature is as low as a 3 to 4 °C average monthly.

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Avg high °C	19	21	26	33	38	45	39	37	37	33	28	21	31
Avg low temperature °C	3	6	12	17	22	27	27	26	23	16	9	4	16
Rainfall in. (Cm)	1.6	2.1	4.1	2.4	1.9	1.8	7.6	11	4.5	0.7	0.1	0.9	38.5
Source: Weatherbase