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Rahimyar Khan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Rahimyar Khan , city (1998 pop. 228,479), E central Pakistan, on the Karachi-Lahore railroad. It is a market for food grains and hides.

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