Chowk Azam

{{Short description|Municipal corporation in Punjab, Pakistan}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Chowk Azam

| native_name = چوک اعظم

| type = City

| image_skyline = Chowkazam minar.jpg

| image_caption = Chowk Azam Minar

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| mapsize = 100px

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| pushpin_map = Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan

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| coordinates = {{coord|30.9647672|71.2169821|region:PK_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Punjab

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Layyah

| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name3 = Layyah

| timezone1 = PST

| utc_offset1 = +5

| area_code_type = Calling code

| area_code = 0606

| population = 87,376

| population_as_of = 2023

| postal_code = 31450

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Chowk Azam is a small city and a municipal committee in Layyah District of Punjab, Pakistan.{{cite web |title=MC Chowk Azam |url=https://lgcd.punjab.gov.pk/system/files/MC_Chowk_Azam.pdf |website=lgcd.punjab.gov.pk |publisher=Local Government & Community Development Department |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707150301/https://lgcd.punjab.gov.pk/system/files/MC_Chowk_Azam.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=District Profile - Layyah |url=https://layyah.punjab.gov.pk/district_profile |website=layyah.punjab.gov.pk |publisher=Government of The Punjab |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=14 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114100442/https://layyah.punjab.gov.pk/district_profile |url-status=live }} It is located {{convert|25|km}} from Layyah city, the headquarters of the Layyah District, on the Mianwali-Multan road (MM road).{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Layyah,+Punjab,+Pakistan/Chowk+Azam |title=Distance from Layyah |website=Google Maps |access-date=2018-05-05 |archive-date=2023-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907111845/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Layyah%2C%20Punjab%2C%20Pakistan/Chowk%20Azam |url-status=live }} According to 2023 Census of Pakistan, Chowk Azam has an estimated population of 87,376 people.{{cite web |title=Urban Localities by Population Size and ther Population by Sex, Annual Growth Rate and Household Size: Census–2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_2.pdf |website=pbs.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219205229/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_2.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2024}}

The city has many educational and vocational institutions, including Government Muslim High School, Divisional Public School, Government College for Boys and Government College for Girls. The campus of the Government College University Faisalabad and Bahauddin Zakariya University in Layyah and Government Graduate College{{cite web |title=GC Chowk Azam |url=https://gcchowkazam.edu.pk/ |website=gcchowkazam.edu.pk |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=5 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005154041/https://gcchowkazam.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }} in Chowk Azam provide point services for students commuting from Chowk Azam and the vicinity.

The city's inhabitants consist mainly of Punjabi, Saraiki, Pashtun, and Rohitky communities, with the majority being Punjabi. Punjabi people came to this region in the pre and post-partition era. Agricultural peasants migrated from upper and central Punjab, mainly from Sialkot, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad and Narowal, and settled in Chowk Azam to expand their businesses there.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Chowk Azam is located at a latitude of 30.9706551 and a longitude of 71.212303.