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Rawalpindi


راولپِنڈی

Pindi
پِنڈی
Metropolis City
Rawalpindi railway station 4.JPG
Perspective view from main gate.JPG
Rohtas Fort 8.jpg
Clockwise from left: Rawalpindi Railway Station, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Rawalpindi, Rohtas Fort.
Official logo of Rawalpindi
Emblem
Rawalpindi is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Location in Punjab, Pakistan
Rawalpindi is located in Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Location in Pakistan
Country  Pakistan
Province Punjab, Pakistan Punjab
Division Rawalpindi Division
Autonomous towns 8
Union councils 38
Government
 • Type Municipal Corporation
Area
 • Total 259 km2 (100 sq mi)
Elevation
508 m (1,667 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total 2,098,231
 • Density 8,101/km2 (20,980/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+6 (PKT)
Area code(s) 051

Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی, Rāwalpindī) is a city in the Pothohar Plateau near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. It is home to the headquarters of the Pakistan Army and also served as the nation's capital while Islamabad was being constructed during the 1960s. The city is home to many industries and factories. Islamabad International Airport is actually in Rawalpindi, formerly known as the "Chaklala Airport", serving the city along with the capital. Rawalpindi is in the Punjab province, 275 km (171 miles) to the north-west of Lahore. It is the administrative seat of the Rawalpindi District. About 3,363,911 people lived in Rawalpindi in the year 1998.

Images for kids

  • Silverplate with investiture scene. Sasanian 4th century CE, possibly Afghanistan. Middle East, 52 Ancient Iran - 28174064678

    Possible Kushano-Sasanian plate, excavated in Rawalpindi, fourth century CE. British Museum 124093.

  • Fasting Buddha BM OA1907.12-28.1

    The "Fasting Buddha," on display at the British Museum in London, was discovered in Rawalpindi.

  • Rawat Fort - Main Gate East

    The 16th century Rawat Fort offered military protection to Rawalpindi.

  • FJWU main building

    Rawalpindi's Fatima Jinnah Women University is housed in a Victorian mansion.

  • Queen Victoria's Statue, Rawalpindi, 1939

    Statue of Queen Victoria, Rawalpindi, 1939

  • ISS007-E-13090

    Satellite image of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area.

  • Bagh Sardaran

    An abandoned Hindu Temple at Bagh Sardaran.

  • SaddarInRawalpindi

    A street in Rawalpindi

  • M2 Motorway. Linking Islamabad with Lahore-3

    The M-2 motorway connects Rawalpindi to Lahore, and is part of a network of motorways under construction that will continue to the port city of Karachi.

  • Gate of Pharwala Fort toward the Swaan stream

    The gate of Paharwala Fort.

  • Rawal Lake Eastern Bank

    A view of Rawal Lake

  • Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan

    Govt College for Women

  • Green Rawalpindi

    I Love Rawalpindi signboard outside Punjab House.

See also

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