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Islamabad Capital Territory

This article is about the administrative division of the Federal territory of Pakistan. For the capital city, see Islamabad. For other uses, see Islamabad (disambiguation).

Islamabad Capital Territory
وفاقی دارالحکومت
Federal territory
Islamabad Expressway
Pakistan Monument
Fatima Jinnah Park
Parliament of Pakistan
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Faisal Mosque
Location within Pakistan
Location within Pakistan
Islamabad Capital Territory is located in Islamabad Capital Territory
Islamabad Capital Territory
Islamabad Capital Territory
Coordinates: 33°44′15″N 73°08′51″E / 33.73750°N 73.14750°E / 33.73750; 73.14750
Country Pakistan
Established14 August 1967 (1967-08-14)[1]
CapitalIslamabad
Government
 • BodyICT Administration
 • Chief CommissionerImran Khan (PAS)[2]
 • Deputy CommissionerIrfan Nawaz Memon
 • Chairman CDAAmer Ali Ahmed[3]
 • High CourtIslamabad High Court
Area
[4]
 • Federal territory906.50 km2 (350.00 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,500 m (5,000 ft)
Lowest elevation
490 m (1,610 ft)
Population
 (2023)[5]
 • Federal territory2,363,863
 • Density2,600/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 zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
Postcode
44000
Area code051
ISO 3166 codePK-IS
HDI (2022)0.654[6]
Medium
Literacy rate (2022)96%
Seats in National Assembly3
Main language(s)
  • Official:
Notable sports teamsIslamabad United, Islamabad Jinns
Zones5[7]
Sectors81[citation needed]
Union Councils50[citation needed]
Websitewww.ictadministration.gov.pk/

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.

  1. ^ McGarr, Paul (2013). The Cold War in South Asia: Britain, the United States and the Indian Subcontinent, 1945-1965. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107008151.
  2. ^ "Major shuffle in top bureaucracy on ECP direction". Dawn (newspaper). 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Board Members - CDA". Capital Development Authority. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ^ "CDA Facts & Figures". Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Facts & Statistics - Islamabad".


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