Geography
The city of Sangla Hill is 20 km south-west of Shahkot and 35 km north-west of Sheikhupura, at 313 metres (1,027 ft) above sea level. On the east side is Safdarabad Road, and on the north side the road to Hafizabad. To the west, the Main Faisalabad Road links to Faisalabad, and on the southern side is Shahkot Road. Sangla Hill has some very old buildings which belonged to Hindu people, who left them in place during the partition of 1947. A Hindu temple is still visible at the side of the Salarwala–Sangla Hill road, just outside the main city. The main feature of the town is the hill, whose peak is visible from five miles away.
There are two police stations, Sadr and City. The town also has two colleges, one for males and one for females. There are two English-language schools: St. Anthony High School, an international school, and Fauji Foundation Higher Secondary school. The schools have been operating for the past 22 years. A new middle/primary school, Evergreen Grammar School, opened in 2011.
Sangla Hill is built around the Main bazaar and the Committee bazaar, which lie at the heart of the city and form its economic centre. All the city's shops and markets are situated here.
There are several stories of Alexander the Great visiting the hill, spending almost a year at the peak and liking it. At that time the hill was massive. Over time, the hills have almost vanished. For almost 100 km, the land is a perfect plain, with no hills.
Sangla Hill is located in Sandal Bar, an area known for the production of guava, rice, wheat, sugar cane and vegetables. The land is highly fertile and produces high-yield cash crops.
There are 165 villages related to Sangla Hill. One of them is Marh Baluchan, the homeland of the Bloch tribe. Bhulair Chak 119 is a village which is now included in the city of Sangla Hill along with chack 45 RB, which is on the other side. Longowall is situated on the north-east side. Kotla Kalan Chak 43 is a village on Shahkot Road with a population of about 5000. Hameed Nizami Polytechnic College and a school for Special Children are only a few hundred metres away from the village. Chahoor Sikhan Chak No. 118 village, situated at right bank of RB, is also included in the city now. This village had a Sikh population who left the area. Arains who migrated from East Punjab settled in this village. It has two secondary schools, one for boys and one for girls. Chak Chahoor Mughlian 117 is also near the city. The village has a population of around 5000. Chak Chahoor Muslim 118 is near it too, and also has a population of about 5000.
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