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Islamabad

The Islamabad Capital Territory is a federal territory of , centred around , the capital of Pakistan. It is located on the northern edge of the , at the foot of the Margalla Hills, in the northwest of the .
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  • Type: administrative territorial entity of Pakistan with 2,360,000 residents
  • Description: federal territory of Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Capital Territory of Islāmābād”, “Federal Capital Area”, “Federal Capital Territory of Islamabad”, “ICT”, “Islāmābād”, “Islamabad Capital Territory”, “Islamabad CT”, “Islāmābād District”, and “Vafāqī Dār-alhakūmat”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of Pakistan and Rāwal Lake.

Library
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The is located in the vicinity of the Red Zone, , . Argued to be the country's oldest cultural institution, the library is a leading resource for information— ancient and new.

Lake
The Rawal Lake of northwestern in is an artificial that provides the water needs for the cities of and . The facility is maintained by Punjab Irrigation Department.

Government office
The in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of the United States in . The embassy in is one of the largest U.S. embassies in the world, in terms of personnel, and houses a chancery and complex of office buildings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamabad and Saidpur.

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A modern planned city that is well-maintained and well-organised, is 's clean, calm, and green capital. Founded in the 1960s, it attracts people from all over Pakistan, and hosts a large number of diplomats, politicians and government employees, making it one of the nation's most cosmopolitan and urbanized cities.

Village
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is a village and union council located in a ravine in Pakistan in the Margalla Hills, near the overlook, in the Islamabad Capital Territory. is situated 7 km northwest of Islamabad.

Village
Chak Shahzad, is a modern suburb situated in the Islamabad Capital Territory of . Historically, the suburb was home to Malik, Chowdhury,Sheikh and Raja tribesmen, but recently has seen a growth in farmhouses of the rich and wealthy from nearby , including that of federal minister Muhammad Talha Mahmood, Pervez Musharraf, Makhdoom Ameen Faheem, Prof.

Islamabad

Latitude
33.7104° or 33° 42′ 37″ north
Longitude
73.1338° or 73° 8′ 2″ east
Population
2,360,000
Elevation
527 metres (1,729 feet)
Open location code
8J5MP46M+5G
Geo­Names ID
1162015
Wiki­data ID
Q848613
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Islamabad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العاصمة الاتحادية إسلام آباد”
  • Arabic: “ناحية بايتختي اسلام آباد”
  • Armenian: “դաշնային մայրաքաղաքային տարածք”
  • Balinese: “Wawengkon Ibu Kota Islamabad”
  • Belarusian: “Сталічная тэрыторыя Ісламабаду”
  • Belarusian: “Федэральная сталічная тэрыторыя”
  • Bengali: “ইসলামাবাদ রাজধানী অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “বাফাকি দারুল হুকুমত”
  • Bhojpuri: “इस्लामाबाद राजधानी क्षेत्र”
  • Bhojpuri: “इस्लू”
  • Bulgarian: “Столична територия Исламабад”
  • Bulgarian: “Федерално управляеми племенни територии”
  • Catalan: “Territori Capital Islamabad”
  • Cebuano: “Islāmābād Capital Territory”
  • Chinese: “Islamabad Siú-to͘ Tē-khu”
  • Chinese: “伊斯兰堡首都区”
  • Chinese: “伊斯蘭堡首都區”
  • Chinese: “伊斯蘭瑪巴德首都區”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İslamabad Paytaht Bölgesi”
  • Croatian: “Teritorij glavnoga grada Islamabada”
  • Dutch: “Hoofdstedelijk Territorium Islamabad”
  • Dutch: “Islamabad Hoofdstedelijk Territorium”
  • Esperanto: “Islamabada Ĉefurba Teritorio”
  • French: “Territoire fédéral d’Islamabad”
  • Georgian: “ისლამაბადის ფედერალური ტერიტორია”
  • German: “Hauptstadtterritorium Islamabad”
  • German: “Islamabad Hauptstadtterritorium”
  • German: “PK-IS”
  • Greek: “Επικράτεια Πρωτεύουσας του Ισλαμαμπάντ”
  • Hebrew: “טריטוריית הבירה אסלאמאבאד”
  • Hindi: “इस्लामाबाद राजधानी क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Ibu Kota Federal Islamabad”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Ibu Kota Islamabad”
  • Italian: “Islamabad Capital Territory”
  • Italian: “Territorio della capitale Islamabad”
  • Japanese: “イスラーマーバード首都圏”
  • Japanese: “イスラマバード首都圏”
  • Kashmiri: “دِفٲقی راز دٲنؠ علاقہٕ”
  • Korean: “이슬라마바드 수도권”
  • Magahi: “इस्लामाबाद् राजधानीक्षेत्र”
  • Magahi: “इस्लामाबाद् राजधानीप्रदेस”
  • Malayalam: “ഇസ്ലാമബാദ് തലസ്ഥാന പ്രദേശം”
  • Mazanderani: “اسلام‌آباد دارالحکومت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Islamabad Siú-to͘ Tē-khu”
  • Mingrelian: “ფედერალური ონანანოღე ტერიტორია”
  • Nepali: “इस्लामाबाद राजधानी क्षेत्र”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hoodstäädregiuun Islamabad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Islamabad hovedstadsterritorium”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Islamabad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Islamabad”
  • Norwegian: “Islamabad hovedstadsterritorium”
  • Norwegian: “Islamabad”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਸਲਾਮਾਬਾਦ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Persian: “سرزمین پایتخت اسلام آباد”
  • Persian: “سرزمین پایتخت اسلام اباد”
  • Persian: “قلمرو پایتختی اسلام‌آباد”
  • Persian: “ناحیه پایتختی اسلام آباد”
  • Persian: “ناحیهٔ پایتختی اسلام آباد”
  • Persian: “ناحیه پایتختی اسلام اباد”
  • Persian: “ناحیه پایتختی اسلام‌آباد”
  • Polish: “Stołeczne Terytorium Islamabadu”
  • Polish: “Terytorium Stołeczne Islamabadu”
  • Portuguese: “Território da Capital Islamabad”
  • Portuguese: “Território da Capital Islamabade”
  • Russian: “Столичная территория Исламабад”
  • Russian: “Федеральная столичная территория”
  • Sanskrit: “आईसीटी”
  • Sanskrit: “इस्लामाबाद राजधानी प्रदेश”
  • Sanskrit: “इस्लामाबाद् राजधानीक्षेत्रम्”
  • Sanskrit: “इस्लामाबाद् राजधानीप्रदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “इस्लामाबाद् सङ्घीयराजधानीप्रदेशः”
  • Scots: “Islamabad Caipital Territory”
  • Sindhi: “اسلام آباد راڄڌاني علائقو”
  • Sindhi: “اسلام آبادجو وفاقي گاديءَ وارو علائقو”
  • Slovak: “Územie hlavného mesta Islamabadu”
  • Slovenian: “Ozemlje glavnega mesta Islamabad”
  • Slovenian: “PK-IS”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایسلام‌آباد”
  • Swedish: “Huvudstadsregionen Islamabad”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи федеролии пойтахт”
  • Tamil: “இசுலாமாபாத் தலைநகர ஆட்புலம்”
  • Tamil: “இசுலாமாபாத் தலைநகர ஆள்புலம்”
  • Tamil: “இஸ்லாமாபாத் தலைநகரப் பிரதேசம்”
  • Tamil: “இஸ்லாமாபாத் தலைநகரப்பிரதேசம்”
  • Thai: “ดินแดนนครหลวงอิสลามาบัด”
  • Thai: “ดินแดนนครหลวงอิสลามาบาด”
  • Turkish: “İslamabad Başkent Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Федеральна столична територія”
  • Urdu: “اسلام آباد وفاقی دارالحکومت علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “اسلام آباد”
  • Urdu: “وفاقی دارالحکومت‎”
  • Vietnamese: “Lãnh thổ Thủ đô Islamabad”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسلام آباد وفاقی دارالحکومت علاقہ”
  • “इस्लामाबाद राजधानी क्षेत्र”

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