Dinga
Dinga (City of Gujrat-Dinga) is a city of 51,000 people (2017) in District Gujrat Tehsil khariyan, Northern Punjab Pakistan. Its former name, "Deen-gah", means a place of deen or a centre of Islam. When the British came, they pronounced it as Dinga and afterwards "Dinga" became its official name.
Understand
Dinga is a small city more like a town but greater than town. All the basic necessities are available here. Dinga is a well developed city. There are a lot of schools and colleges but for university, students have to go to UOG (University Of Gujrat) which is in the main city Gujrat. There are fields in this city and everything to eat is produced in the city. It has everything for life.
Get in
There is a train station in this town.
The main highway that runs from Lahore to Rawalpindi is about 23 km (16.7 mi) northeast of Deengah. Deengah is about 100 km (62 mi) from the border that separates Pakistan and India.
See
There are old historic buildings like temples of Hindus and even houses of the time before partition (1947) which are still present.
- Kunduana House (in the Dinga village of Chakdina). It is reputed to be one of the finest country houses in Pakistan, and has been designated by Pakistan Heritage as a grade I listed building.
Do
There is a well known park named as "Fatima Jinnah Park" situated right in the center of the city.
Buy
People of the nearby villages come to Dinga for shopping. There is a main bazaar and shopping malls.