Islamabad

**Islamabad** (, _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 2015-2025.

## 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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Islamabad
- **official name**: Islamabad
- **settlement type**: Capital city
- **image caption**: Clockwise from left: Islamabad skyline, Blue Area is the commercial centre of the city, National Assembly of Pakistan, Faisal Mosque, Margalla Hills National Park
- **map caption**: Location within Pakistan
- **pushpin map**: Pakistan#Asia#Earth
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **pushpin label position**: top
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Administrative units of Pakistan, Territory
- **subdivision name1**: Islamabad Capital Territory
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1960
- **government type**: Parliamentary democratic republic
- **leader title**: Governing body
- **leader name**: Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation and Capital Development Authority (Islamabad), Capital Development Authority (CDA)
- **leader title1**: Chief Commissioner
- **leader name1**: Aftab Akbar Durrani
- **area blank1 title**: Parks
- **area total km2**: 906.5
- **area land km2**: 897.7
- **area water km2**: 8.8
- **area water percent**: 0.97
- **area urban km2**: 220.15
- **area rural km2**: 466.20
- **area blank1 km2**: 220.15
- **elevation min m**: 490
- **population total**: 1,014,825
- **population as of**: 2017 Census
- **population density km2**: 2089
- **population urban**: 1,014,825
- **population rural**: 991,747
- **population density urban km2**: 4609
- **population metro**: 4 million
- **population demonym**: Islamabadi or Islamabadis
- **postal code type**: Postcode
- **postal code**: 44000
- **area code**: 051
- **blank name sec2**: Notable sports teams
- **blank info sec2**: Islamabad United (cricket), Islamabad United, Islamabad Rugby Football Club, Islamabad Jinns
- **leader title2**: Chairman CDA
- **leader title3**: Deputy Commissioner
- **leader name3**: Capt(r) Mushtaq Ahmed
- **leader title4**: Mayor of Islamabad, Mayor
- **elevation max m**: 620
- **elevation max ft**: 2000