Khushab (Urdu: خُوشاب) is a city as well as a district of Sargodha Division, located in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[2] The word Khushab means “sweet water.” Khushab city also serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district Khushab.[3] It is the 77th largest city of Pakistan by population.
The city of Khushab is the location of the Khushab Nuclear Complex,[4] a critical part of the Pakistan’s Special Weapons Programme.
Demographics
The population according to the 1901 census was 11,403. Now it is 50,000.
Etymology
“Khushab” is a combination of two Persian words: khush (Persian: خُوش), meaning “sweet or tasty”, and aab (Persian: آب), meaning “water”. A common belief is that the Persians from the west first used the word khush-aab in admiration of the sweet and tasty water found in the historical city situated on the bank of Jhelum River. In time the city became known as Khushab.
Sources: Wikipedia