Multan is the largest city of the Southern Punjab and is known as city of saints and shrines. Multan division has four districts (Multan, Lodhran, Vehari and Khanewal). It has a huge agricultural lands and big urban areas. A variety of crops has been sown in Multan such as cotton, wheat, mango, maize, rice, sugarcane, sunflower, vegetables, fodder and fruit crops etc. Multan is called “The Mango city” for a reason, as its stiflingly hot climate provides the fruit a perfect environment to ripe into juiciest, thickest and the most aromatic mangoes in the world. Some popular varieties of Multani mangoes are ‘Anwar Rattol’, ‘Langra’, ‘Dusehri’ and ‘Chaunsa’. Each of them is different in taste, size and quality of pulp. The major crops of Multan include wheat, cotton, sugarcane, rice, maize, sunflower, fodder crops etc., minor crops involve rapeseed and mustard, pulses i.e. chickpea, lentil, mung bean and mush bean etc. Whereas mango, citrus, guava, date-palm, pomegranate, falsa, jujube, banana, strawberry and grapes are amongst popular fruits grown in the area.
