Faisalabad, formerly Lyallpur, city, northeastern Pakistan, in the Rechna Doab region of the Punjab. A rail and road junction, the city lies in an area watered by the Lower Chenab Canal, and in the area cotton, wheat, vegetables, and fruits are grown. It is an industrial center, having railroad-repair shops, engineering works, and plants that mill cotton, sugar, flour, and oilseeds, can fruit, and pack tea. Manufactures include superphosphates, cotton and silk textiles, hosiery, dyes, agricultural equipment, and ghee. Faisalabad is the site of the University of Agriculture (1909). The city was founded in the 1890s by Sir Charles James Lyall, lieutenant governor of the Punjab. Population (1998) 1,977,246.
