Taxila Cantonment

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Taxila Cantonment
ٹیکسلا کینٹ
The Dharmarajika Stupa is located near Taxila Cantonment
The Dharmarajika Stupa is located near Taxila Cantonment
Interactive map of Taxila Cantonment
ٹیکسلا کینٹ
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
CityTaxila
Population
  Total
121,952 (population of Taxila including Taxila Cantonment)[1]
Postal code
47070

Taxila Cantonment (Urdu: ٹیکسلا چھاؤنی) is a cantonment adjacent to Taxila in Rawalpindi District, Punjab province, Pakistan.[2] The city is home to Heavy Industries Taxila — a major defence, engineering conglomerate, and military corporation. Taxila Cantonment is also home to the HITEC University.Taxila cantonment is a b class cantonment having 5 elected members from each ward.

Taxila Cantonment is located immediately east of Taxila city, and is surrounded by the villages of Shahpur, Dhok Wajjan, and Karamwal. It is also bordered by Taxila's neighbourhoods of Muslim Colony and Hassan Colony. The cantonment is 41 kilometres away from Islamabad by road.

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