Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area
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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.[5]
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Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area
اسلام آباد۔ راولپنڈی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ | |
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Coordinates: 33.64835585418554°N 73.06637710972826°E / 33.64835585418554; 73.06637710972826 | |
Country | Pakistan |
Principal cities | Islamabad, Rawalpindi |
Area | |
• Total | 1,165.5 km2 (450.0 sq mi) |
Rawalpindi: 259 km2 Islamabad: 906.5 km2 | |
Population | |
• Total | 3,108,063 |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
Rawalpindi Metropolitan: 2,831,379 Islamabad Metropolitan: 2,003,368[4] | |
Time zone | Pakistan Standard Time |
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The area includes the Pothohar Plateau and the colonial city of Rawalpindi, as well as the modern planned city of Islamabad.[6] The region received a major boom with the construction of Islamabad as the capital city of Pakistan in the 1960s.[7]