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Marot
مروٹ | |
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City | |
| Fort Marot Fort Marot | |
| Location of Marot (in red) in Punjab, Pakistan and (inset) Punjab in Pakistan Location of Marot (in red) in Punjab, Pakistan and (inset) Punjab in Pakistan | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Bahawalnagar |
| Tehsil | Fort Abbas |
| Population | |
• Total | 280,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code | 62000 |
| Dialling code | 063 |
| Number of Union councils | 4 |
| Marot Cantonment is a legally separate military-administered settlement. | |
Marot (Punjabi, Urdu: مروٹ) is a city in Bahawalnagar District in Punjab, Pakistan.[1] This city is situated at the border with India. This city is situated 50 km from Fort Abbas, 160 km from Bahawalnagar and 100 km from Bahawalpur. The population of the city is estimated 20,000, with some 280,000 in the entire district. It contains some notable forts such as Marot Fort, Jaamgarh, Mojgarh and Meergarh.
Local people are largely associated with farming and major crops are wheat, cotton, mustard and sugarcane.
The spoken languages are Punjabi and Urdu. The Marot is one of the nine principal fortiefied Bhati Rajput towns in the Thar Desert, according to historical records.[2]
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Canal in Marot
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Desert scenery
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Little canal in fields
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Fort Meergarh
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Fort Marot
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Marot
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Fort Marot
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Cotton plant
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Mojgarh
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Marot
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Mustard
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Sugar cane
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Wheat
