Fort Derawar
Derawar Fort is a fortress in Yazman Tehsil in the Bahawalpur District of Punjab, Pakistan. Approximately 20 km south of the city of Ahmedpur East, the forty bastions of Derawar are visible from many miles in the Cholistan Desert.Photo: Rohaan Bhatti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Thealimir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Sand
- Description: large square fortress in Punjab, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Derawar Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abbasi Mosque.
Abbasi Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Saadnadeem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Abbasi Mosque, or Derawar Mosque, and locally known as Jamia Masjid‑e‑Abbasi, is a mosque located close to Derawar Fort in Yazman Tehsil, in the Cholistan Desert in Bahawalpur District, in the Punjab, province of Pakistan. Abbasi Mosque is situated 270 metres east of Fort Derawar.
Fort Derawar
- Categories: fortress, tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Bahawalpur District, Punjab, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.76801° or 28° 46′ 5″ northLongitude
71.33426° or 71° 20′ 3″ eastHeight
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
7JWHQ89M+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 170220501OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=sandOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2474542
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Fort Derawar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن ديراور”
- Bengali: “দরাবড় দুর্গ”
- Bengali: “দেরাওয়ার দুর্গ”
- Catalan: “Derawar”
- Chinese: “德拉沃爾堡”
- Dutch: “Derawarfort”
- Fiji Hindi: “Dravad ka kila”
- French: “fort de Derawar”
- French: “Fort de Derawar”
- German: “Derawar Fort”
- German: “Derawar-Fort”
- Hindi: “दरावड़ का क़िला”
- Hindi: “देरावर किला”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Derawar”
- Italian: “Forte di Derawar”
- Japanese: “デーラーワル城”
- Panjabi: “ਦਰਾਵੜ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
- Persian: “قلعه دراور”
- Russian: “Деравар”
- Saraiki: “قلعہ دراوڑ”
- Serbian: “Тврђава Деравар”
- Sindhi: “دڙاوڙ قلعو”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Deravar”
- Tamil: “தராவர் கோட்டை”
- Tatar: “Деравар кальгасы”
- Turkish: “Deraver Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Деравар”
- Urdu: “Derawar fort”
- Urdu: “قلعہ دراوڑ”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ دراوڑ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palace and Beautiful old tombs.
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