Islamabad

For other uses, see Islamabad (disambiguation).

Islamabad اسلام آباد‎
Capital city
Islamabad
Clockwise from left: Pakistan Monument, Blue Area is the commercial centre of the city, National Assembly of Pakistan, Faisal Mosque, Margalla Hills National Park
Islamabad Location within Pakistan Islamabad Islamabad (Asia) Islamabad Islamabad (Earth)
Coordinates: 33°43′N 73°04′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
Demonym	Islamabadi or Islamabadis
Postcode	44000
Area code	051
Notable sports teams	Islamabad United, Islamabad Jinns
Website	www.islamabad.gov.pk

A monument in Islamabad

Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam) is the Federal capital city of Pakistan. The city is located on the Pothohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. It is in the Islamabad Capital Territory, though the area has historically been a part of the Pothohar region on 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.

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