Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area
The Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area (Urdu:اسلام آباد۔ راولپنڈی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ) is the fourth-largest metropolitan area of Pakistan, after Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad. It consists of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area
اسلام آباد۔ راولپنڈی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ | |
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Metropolitan area | |
Faisal Mosque from Daman-e-Koh | |
| Coordinates: 33.64835585418554°N 73.06637710972826°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Principal cities | Islamabad, Rawalpindi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,165.5 km2 (450.0 sq mi) |
| Rawalpindi: 259 km2 Islamabad: 906.5 km2 | |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 3,108,063 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
| Rawalpindi Metropolitan: 2,831,379 Islamabad Metropolitan: 2,003,368 | |
| Time zone | Pakistan Standard Time |
The area includes the Pothohar Plateau and the colonial city of Rawalpindi, as well as the modern planned city of Islamabad. The region received a major boom with the construction of Islamabad as the capital city of Pakistan in the 1960s.
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