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Rawalpindi Division
راولپنڈی ڈویژن | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Capital | Rawalpindi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | Engineer Aamir Khattak (BPS-20 PAS) |
| • Regional Police Officer | Syed Khurram Ali (BPS-20 PSP) |
| Area | |
• Division | 18,823 km2 (7,268 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Division | 10,804,250 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 50.94% |
| • Rural | 49.06% |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Website | rawalpindidivision |
Rawalpindi Division is an administrative division of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Rawalpindi serves as the headquarters of the division which consists of 5 districts: Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Murree, and Rawalpindi.
Divisions are the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels. In 2000, local government reforms abolished administrative divisions and raised the districts to become the new third tier of government.[2] But in 2008, the division system was restored again.[3][4]
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names - ^ "Division and district wise facilities" (PDF). health.punjab.gov.pk. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Punjab Government Plans to Carve a New District from Lahore". 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010.