Rajanpur (Punjabi: راجن پُور), is a city and the
headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern
part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of
the Indus River. it is a narrow, 32 kilometres (20 mi) to 64
kilometres (40 mi) wide strip of land sandwiched between the
Indus River on the east and the Sulaiman Mountains on the
west. Most of its inhabitants are Saraikis and Baloch with a
smaller proportion being Punjabis.
Rajanpur by Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah from whom the
city's name derives.Sheikh Rajan established Rajanpur in
an area that he had captured from Nahar tribesmen.The
settlement remained a largely unimportant village until
flooding in 1862 severely damaged the nearby district
headquarters at Mithankot - leading to the transfer of
government offices to Rajanpur.A small dispensary clinic
was established in Rajanpur that same year.Rajanpur was
then constituted as a municipality in 1873.
