Jatoi

Jatoi is the capital city of Jatoi Tehsil in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan, and the 74th most populous city of the country. It is an agricultural city with very fertile soil, watered by a canal system and tube wells that allow two or three crops a year; the major crops are cotton, wheat, sugarcane, rice and sunflower, and the major fruits are mango, dates and jamun. The 2023 census counted 155,196 residents. In 2021 the government of Punjab chose Jatoi among 154 small cities and towns to be urbanized under a master plan, and in August 2022 the city was struck by major flooding that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of people.