Kot Adu

Kot Adu

Kot Addu (Urdu: كوٹ ادُّو‎), (Punjabi: کوٹ ادو) is a city and capital of Kot Addu Tehsil in Muzaffargarh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is subdivided into 28 Union Councils. It is located in the southern part of the Punjab province, and is a very historic city. It has a population of over 800,000, making it the 150th largest city in Pakistan. It is built just east of the Indus River, more or less in the centre of the country, and about 866 kilometres (538 mi) from Karachi, 600 kilometres (370 mi) from Islamabad, 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Multan, 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan, 60 kilometres (37 mi) from both Muzaffargarh, and Layyah and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Taunsa Barrage. It is the birthplace of famous Hindi writer late Shri Chandragupta Vidyalankar.

Kot Addu City attracts a number of tourists every year due to the Indus river and the public gardens.