Islamabad Capital Territory
وفاقی دارالحکومت | |
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.svg) Location within Pakistan | |
  Islamabad Capital Territory | |
| Coordinates: 33°44′15″N 73°08′51″E / 33.73750°N 73.14750°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Established | 14 August 1967[1] |
| Capital | Islamabad |
| Government | |
| • Body | ICT Administration |
| • Chief Commissioner | Imran Khan (PAS)[2] |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Irfan Nawaz Memon |
| • Chairman CDA | Amer Ali Ahmed[3] |
| • High Court | Islamabad High Court |
| Area | |
| 906.50 km2 (350.00 sq mi) | |
| Highest elevation | 1,500 m (5,000 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 490 m (1,610 ft) |
| Population (2023)[5] | |
| 2,363,863 | |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,108,872 (46.91%) |
| • Rural | 1,254,991 |
| GDP | |
| • Federal territory of Pakistan | $12.8 billion (2024) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| Postcode | 44000 |
| Area code | 051 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-IS |
| HDI (2022) | 0.654[6] Medium |
| Literacy rate (2022) | 96% |
| Seats in National Assembly | 3 |
| Main language(s) | |
| Notable sports teams | Islamabad United, Islamabad Jinns |
| Zones | 5[7] |
| Sectors | 81[citation needed] |
| Union Councils | 50[citation needed] |
| Website | www.ictadministration.gov.pk/ |
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The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT; Urdu: وفاقی دارالحکومت, romanized: Vafāqī Dār-alhakūmat) is the only federal territory of Pakistan that is centred around Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, located on the northern edge of the Pothohar Plateau, at the foot of the Margalla Hills, in the northwestern area of the Punjab region. The territory shares borders with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the west and with the province of Punjab[b] in the remaining directions. It covers an area of 906.5 square kilometres (350.0 sq mi) and, according to 2023 census, has a population of over 2.3 million.[5]
The area was separated from Rawalpindi District in 1967 to form a separate territory administered by the federal government. The territory is represented in the National Assembly by NA-52, NA-53, and NA-54 constituencies and by four seats in the Senate.
- ^ McGarr, Paul (2013). The Cold War in South Asia: Britain, the United States and the Indian Subcontinent, 1945-1965. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107008151.
- ^ "Major shuffle in top bureaucracy on ECP direction". Dawn (newspaper). 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Board Members - CDA". Capital Development Authority. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "CDA Facts & Figures". Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Announcement of Results of 7th Population and Housing Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (www.pbs.gov.pk). 5 August 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Facts & Statistics - Islamabad".
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