Punjab · Indus · Pakistan
Kot Adduکوٹ ادو
A river city on the east bank of the Indus — new district capital, old canal plain, southern Punjab’s energy belt.
City (2023)
142,161
District (2023)
1,486,758
District since
2022
Language
Saraiki
The city
Why this place matters
Kot Addu sits almost at the centre of Pakistan, sixteen kilometres from Taunsa Barrage. Canals drawn from the Indus turned a flat plain into mango, citrus, and cane country. From the 1980s, thermal plants and the refinery at Mehmood Kot made the same riverbank an industrial corridor. In 2022 the tehsil became a district of its own.
City, district, and factsLook around
River, cane, and the power line
Plan a visit
October to March is the season.
Cooler days, barrage light, and dolphin-watching weather. Rail code ADK; fly into Multan.