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The Changa Manga is a small town adjacent to a planted forest which includes a wildlife park, in Kasur District and Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located appx. 80 kilometers south-west of Lahore.

Etymology

The name "Changa Manga" comes from the old story of two brother thieves, Changa and Manga, who used to hide in thick forests, along with their loots. Over the passage of time the stories have been molded into adventures that every child in that area is told, with added morals.

Forestry

The forest is entered from a road from off the N-5 Highway near Bhai Pheru and Chunian . The forest covers an area of 48.6 square kilometres (12,000 acres) and is one of the largest man-made forests on the planet. The planting and irrigation of the land took place in the 19th century under the British Raj due to the need for timber for the Indian Railways network. The most common species of trees are Dalbergia sissoo (sheesham), Acacia nilotica (kikar), both members of the Fabaceae native to the Indian subcontinent, white mulberry (Morus alba), popular in cultivation throughout South Asia, or Eucalyptus and Populus species.