Islamabad

اسلام آباد‎
اسلام آباد‎
Capital city
	Coordinates: 33°43′N 73°04′E / 33.717°N 73.067°ECoordinates: 33°43′N 73°04′E / 33.717°N 73.067°E
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Islamabad Capital Territory
Founded	1960
Government
• Type	Parliamentary democratic republic
• Governing body	Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation and Capital Development Authority (CDA)
• Chief Commissioner	Aftab Akbar Durrani
• Deputy Commissioner	Capt(r) Mushtaq Ahmed
Area
• Capital city	906.5 km2 (350.0 sq mi)
• Land	897.7 km2 (346.6 sq mi)
• Water	8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi) 0.97%
• Urban	220.15 km2 (85.00 sq mi)
• Rural	466.20 km2 (180.00 sq mi)
• Parks	220.15 km2 (85.00 sq mi)
Highest elevation	620 m (2,000 ft)
Lowest elevation	490 m (1,610 ft)
Population (2017 Census)
• Capital city	1,014,825
• Density	2,089/km2 (5,410/sq mi)
• Urban	1,014,825
• Urban density	4,609/km2 (11,940/sq mi)
• Rural	991,747
• Metro	4 million
Postcode	44000
Notable sports teams	Islamabad United, Islamabad Jinns
Website	www.islamabad.gov.pk

Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آبادcode: ur is deprecated , abode of Islam) is the Federal capital city of Pakistan. The city is on the Pothohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. Islamabad Town is also a town in Jammu and Kashmir. It is in the Islamabad Capital Territory, though the area has historically been a part of the crossroads of the Punjab region and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (the Margalla Pass being a historic gateway to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the Pothohar Plateau historically is a part of the Punjab region). This city is rich in nature. It is surrounded by the Margalla Hills. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cwa in the Köppen climate classification). Islamabad is an expensive city to live in as the prices of most of fruits, vegetable and poultry items increased in Islamabad during the years 2015-2020.^[3]

A monument in Islamabad

Places worth seeing

The places that attract the tourists include:

Shah Faisal Mosque
Daman-e-Koh
Gurdwara Baba Dyall Singh
Peer Sohawa
Gurdwara Guru Ravidas
Fateh Tower
Vishnu temple
Shakar Parian
Fatimah Jinnah Park
Rose and Jasmine Garden
Pakistan National Monument
Rawal Lake (and Rawal Dam)
Japanese Park
Marghazar Zoo
National Archives of Pakistan

Educational institutions

Islamabad has a large number of educational institutions including colleges, universities and technical education and training bodies.Some of them are:

Allama Iqbal Open University
National University of Modern Languages
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology
International Islamic University
National Defence University
National University of Sciences and Technology
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
National University of Modern Languages
Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Guru Nanak College of Computer Science
Guru Gobind Singh College of Arts,Science & Tecnology
Pakistan Institute of Medical Science
Quaid-i-Azam University
Shifa College of Medicine
The Sophia Institute

Gallery

The Faisal Mosque (Masjid) at the foothills of Margalla Hills
Parliament House, Islamabad by Usman Ghani
Islamabad- Under dark clouds
Main Entrance National Art Gallery, Islamabad
Tilla Charouni, the highest peak beside Islamabad

Islamabad Media

The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus was built in 2015 to connect Islamabad with neighbouring Rawalpindi.
Islamabad's annual precipitation allows for the growth of lush forests in the city's hills.
Map of Islamabad Capital Territory with location of the zones, Rawalpindi, Rawal lake, and Simli Dam.
The five zones and sectors of Islamabad
Islamabad skyline with Rawal Lake
Dewan Masjid Islamabad
F9 islamabad
Islamabad population pyramid
SAHIB Maseet