Islamabad
Islamabad (help·info) (Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu: اسلام آباد) Islām ābād (Meanin Abode o Islam) is the caipital o Pakistan an the tent lairgest ceety in the kintra.
Locatit in the Islamabad Caipital Territory, the population o the ceety haes increased frae 100,000 in 1951 tae 1.21 million in 2009. The Rawalpindi/Islamabad Metropolitan Aurie is the third lairgest in Pakistan wi a population o ower 4.5 million indwallers.
Islamabad اسلام آباد | |
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Caipital Ceety | |
 Clockwise frae top: Faisal Mosque, Serena Hotel, Parliament House, Pakistan Monument, Nicht view o Islamabad, an Prime Meenister's Secretariat | |
| Eik-name(s): Isloo, The Green Ceety | |
  Islamabad Location athin Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 33°43′N 73°04′E / 33.717°N 73.067°E | |
| Kintra | Pakistan |
| Territory | Islamabad Caipital Territory |
| Constructit | 1960s |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenin body | Caipital Development Authority (CDA) |
| • Chief Commissioner | Tariq Mahmood Pirzada |
| Area | |
| • Caipital Ceety | 120.00 km2 (46.33 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 233.00 km2 (89.96 sq mi) |
| • Specified aurie | 3626.00 km2 (1,400.01 sq mi) |
| • Rural aurie | 466.00 km2 (179.92 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1604 m (5263 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 457 m (1,499 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Caipital Ceety | 1,330,000 |
| • Density | 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postcode | 44000 |
| Area code(s) | 051 |
| Website | www.islamabad.gov.pk |
Sister ceeties
Follaein ceeties hae twin ceety relationships wi Islamabad.
References
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