24 June 2020 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General
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Islamabad is the
capital city of
Pakistan, and is federally administered as part of the
Islamabad Capital Territory. Islamabad is the
ninth largest city in
Pakistan, while the larger
Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area is the country’s
fourth largest with a population of about 7.4 million. Built as a
planned city in the 1960s to replace
Karachi as Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad is noted for its high standards of living, and abundant greenery. The city is the political seat of Pakistan and local government setup is run by the
Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation, supported by the
Capital Development Authority (CDA). Islamabad is located in the
Pothohar Plateau in the northeastern part of the country, between
Rawalpindi District and the
Margalla Hills National Park to the north. The region has historically been a part of the crossroads of
Punjab and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the
Margalla Pass acting as the gateway between the two regions.
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