Islamabad
Welcome to the Capital of Pakistan. Islamabad اسلام آباد, located
within the Islamabad Capital Territory. It has a population of
2 million and together with its neighboring twin city of Rawalpindi, the
greater Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area is the third largest in
Pakistan with a population of over 4.5 million inhabitants.Islamabad is
located at
33°26′N 73°02′E /
33.43°N
73.04°E at the northern edge of the Pothohar Plateau and
at the foot of the Margalla Hills in Islamabad Capital Territory. Its
elevation is 540 metres (1,770 ft). The modern capital
and the ancient Gakhar city of
Rawalpindi stand side by side and are commonly referred to as the Twin
Cities, where
no exact boundary exists between the two cities. To the
northeast of the city lies the hill station of Murree, and to the north lies the Haripur District of
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. Kahuta lies on the
southeast, Taxila, Wah Cantt, and Attock District to the
northwest, Gujar Khan, Rawat,
and Mandrah on the southeast, and the
metropolis of Rawalpindi to the
south and southwest. Islamabad is located 120 kilometres (75 mi) SSW of Muzaffarabad, 185 kilometres
(115 mi) east of Peshawar, 295
kilometres (183 mi) NNE of Lahore, and
300 kilometres (190 mi) WSW of Srinagar, the capital of the Indian state of Jammu and
Kashmir.
The city of Islamabad expanses an area of 906 square kilometres
(350 sq mi). A further 2,717
square kilometres (1,049 sq mi) area is known as the Specified Area, with the
Margala Hills in the north and northeast. The southern portion of the city is an
undulating plain. It is drained by the Kurang River, on which the Rawal
Dam is located.
Islamabad, one of the most beautiful capitals of the world,
famous for its beauty, decor, fascination, attractiveness and the one
regarded fully. Islamabad being the glorious one could be competed over
the entire cities of the world. It is highly developed and the
developments can been seen in every angle of the city, moreover it is
the ninth largest city in the world.. The most beautiful capital of the
world is the one on which entire Pakistan feel proud and very well
pleased. People thought to visit Islamabad for Islamabad being too
striking, fine-looking and stunning.
It is also famous for being clean, cool, calm, peaceful, sparkling,
hygienic, and fresh and dirt free. It is the most broad-based and
urbanized city of the Pakistan. It is very up-to-dated one, modern and
very well maintained lie at the northern part of the country capturing
the beauty of northern areas of Pakistan. Islamabad is efficient,
well-ordered, well planned and well-maintained city being divided into
different zones and sectors each with a distinction of its own beauty.
Islamabad is quite very source of amusement and a great place to spend
holidays and to visit too due to its adorable beauty not only of
buildings but of the green lands and parks and many more. For keeping in
view all these dignified facts and figures Islamabad is enlisted in the top ten beautiful capital cities.
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