Islamabad
Islamabad is a capital city in Pakistan with a population of about 601,600.
Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million; and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory — with a metropolitan population of over 2.3 million. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967 along the Margalla Hills, Islamabad replaced Karachi as Pakistan's national capital. It is located north of the city of Rawalpindi, the largest in northern Punjab, with which it forms a metropolitan area of over 5.7 million inhabitants.
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About Islamabad
| Country | Pakistan |
| Continent | Asia |
| Explore | 08 |
| Population | 601,600 |
| Local currency | PKR |
| Coordinates | 33.7215, 73.0433 |
| Time zone | Asia/Karachi |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Large city |
| Population (Pakistan) | #17 most populated in Pakistan |
| Where on Earth | 33°43′17″N · 73°2′36″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 3,754 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 6,265 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Pingdingshan (China) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -33.72, -106.96 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Dubai | 1,960 km |
| Moscow | 3,650 km |
| Beijing | 3,882 km |
| Cairo | 3,942 km |
| Singapore | 4,817 km |
| Paris | 5,916 km |