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Kahuta (Urdu: کہوٹہ) is the main city of Kahuta (Tehsil) a subdivision of Rawalpindi District, Pakistan. (, historically spelled Ordu), is an Middle Eastern-Aryan language. ... Kahuta Tehsil (Urdu: کہوٹہ) is on of the six Tehsils (subdivisions) of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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Notable places

Kahuta is famous for the Kahuta Research Laboratories, Pakistan's main facility for the development of nuclear weapons. Kahuta Research Laboratories is located at Kahuta, Punjab, Pakistan. ...


Famous people from Kahuta

Raja Ajmal uk Prominant janjua Active personality in uk Politic(President of Pakistan welfare council)belong to kahuat. The late Colonel of the armed forces Obaidullah was also from this region. He belonged to a respected and an educated family. Due to a life time spent in the ISI and then in the NAB he was able to help many people. Even now almost a decade after his death his name evokes reverence.[1] Col. Raja M Wali Bargadier Raja Rashid Son of RAja wali Raja Hassan Akhter MNA


Ghulam Mustafa Kiani (late)originally from Union Council Samote who worked in Land revenue and then after retiring entered the field of politics and became Chairman of Union Council Kallar Syedan. Many of the foundations of development of this area were laid down by Ghulam Mustafa Kiani including water projects, roads, schools, electricity etc. He passed away on 31.05.1999 where one of the largest funerals of this areas history occured.


Location

Kahuta town is located at 33° 34' 60N 73° 22' 60E at an altitude of 570 metres [1].


References

  1. ^ http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Kahuta.html

Coordinates: 33°34′60″N, 73°22′60″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Kahuta - Pakistan Special Weapons Facilities (824 words)
Chinese assistance in the development of gas centrifuges at Kahuta was indicated by the presence of Chinese technicians at the facility in the early 1980s.
Kahuta began producing HEU in 1986, and Pakistan's fabrication of weapons may have begun soon thereafter, with the HEU hexafluoride being made into uranium metal which was machined into weapon pits.
Operating at full capacity, Kahuta is estimated to have the potential to produce enough weapon-grade uranium for as many as 3 to 6 weapons each year.
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