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| name = Mithan Kot<br>{{Nastaliq|مِٹهّن كوٹ}}<br />
| settlement_type = [[Town]]<br />
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| image_caption = The tomb of [[Khawaja Ghulam Fareed]] is located in Mithankot<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|28|57|0|N|70|22|0|E|region:PK_type:city|display=inline}}<br />
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| subdivision_type = [[Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|Province]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in Punjab, Pakistan|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Rajanpur District|Rajanpur]]<br />
| population_total = 37500<br />
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|postal_code = 33600<br />
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| area_code = 0604<br />
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'''Mithankot''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|مِٹھّن کوٹ}}}}) also known as '''Kotmithan''', is a city in [[Rajanpur District]] in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]. Mithankot is located on the west bank of the [[Indus River]], a short distance downstream from its junction with [[Panjnad River]]. Most of its inhabitants are [[Saraiki people|Saraikis]] and [[Baloch people|Baloch]]. The city is noted for being the site of the tomb of the famous Sufi poet, [[Khwaja Ghulam Farid|Khawaja Ghulam Fareed]].<br />
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==Climate and economy==<br />
[[File:Indus Queen.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Boat on the banks of the Indus River in Mithankot]]<br />
The climate is arid and desert-like, the average annual rainfall being only 4&nbsp;inches (100 mm). Varying extremities in temperature depending on the season. To the south side is the great Indus River.<br />
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The cultivation of crops such as wheat, sugarcane, cotton and rice is enabled through irrigation from the canals from the Indus.<ref name="RahmanIslam1981">{{cite book|last1=Rahman|first1=Mushtaqur|last2=Islam|first2=M. Aminul|last3=Bagchi|first3=Deipica |title=Agrarian egalitarianism: land tenures and land reforms in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3oExAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Kendall/Hunt|page=137|isbn=9780840323439}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.proquest.com/openview/3559ceeba6265c1d123280cbbec6f762/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1819375 Farid Mahal and the Mausoleum of Hadrat Khawajah Ghulam Farid]<br />
{{Coord|28|57|N|70|22|E|region:PK_type:city|display=title}}<br />
{{Rajanpur District}}<br />
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[[Category:Populated places in Rajanpur District]]<br />
[[Category:Rajanpur District]]</div>Ajay Kumar