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Vehari District (Urdu: ضلع وہاڑی) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan - the city of Vehari is the capital of the district. The district was created in 1976 out of the three tehsils of Multan District (Vehari, Burewala and Mailsi). The name Vehari means low lying settlement by a flood water channel. The district lies along the right bank of the river Sutlej which forms its southern boundary.
The district is located between 29°36′N 71°44′E / 29.6°N 71.733°E / 29.6; 71.733 and 30°22′N 72°53′E / 30.367°N 72.883°E / 30.367; 72.883 and borders with Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur on the southern side, with Pakpattan on the eastern, with Khanewal and Lodhran on western and with Sahiwal and Khanewal on northern side.
The total area of the district is 4,364 square kilometres (1,685 sq mi). It is about 93 kilometres (58 mi) in length and approximately 47 kilometres (29 mi) in breadth and it is sloping gently from northeast to southwest.
The district consists of plain area with fertile land. It is a part of Indus plain. It has the best cultivated land which is suitable for cotton, wheat and other agricultural crops. Vehari district lies Nili Bar which is between Ravi and Bias and Sutlej rivers. Its land is irrigated with the fertile water of Chenab and Ravi rivers. Vehari District has a big canal system with two canals namely Pakpatan and Mailsi canal. The total number of canals including their minors in the district are 19 with a total length of about 1,380.
Actors: Nagarjuna Akkineni (actor), Chandramohan (actor), Kongara Jaggaiah (actor), Satyanarayana Kaikala (actor), Nutan Prasad (actor), Amrish Puri (actor), Allu Ramalingaiah (actor), Suthi Velu (actor), Annapoorna (actress), Nirmalamma (actress), K. Raghavendra Rao (director), Venkateswara Rao Kotagiri (editor), Brinda (miscellaneous crew), Suchithra Chandrabose (miscellaneous crew), Sridevi (actress),
Genres: Action, Drama,