Islamabad
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Summary
Islamabad is an administrative territorial entity[1]. Islamabad ranks in the top 0.21% of administrative territorial entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,647 views/month, #2 of 975).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Islamabad Capital Territory[3]
- Country: Pakistan[4]
- Head of government: Sheikh Ansar Aziz[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], federal capital[7]
- Shares border with: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[8]
- Named after: Islam[9], -abad[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Astrakhan[11], Ankara[12], Taranto[13], Toronto[14], Beijing[15], Abu Dhabi[16], Sydney[17], Jakarta[18], Amman[19]
- Postal code: 44000[20]
- Commons category: Islamabad[21]
- Local dialing code: 051[22]
- Inception: January 1, 1960[23]
- Coordinate location: 33.698888888889, 73.036944444444[24]
- Official website: http://www.islamabad.gov.pk/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Islamabad[26]
- Commons gallery: Islamabad[27]
- Population: 1,900,000[28], 1,365,000[29], 1,014,825[30]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Islamabad[31]
- Depicted by: Minnie Gomery Fonds[32]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[33]
- Capital of: Pakistan[34], Islamabad Capital Territory[35]
- Official name: اسلام آباد[36]
- Category for people born here: Q7914919[37]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Islamabad[38]
- Demonym: Islamabadi[39], Islamabadano[40], Islamabadienne[41], Islamabadien[42]
- Native label: اسلام آباد[43]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Islamabad include Islamabad International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in Pakistan[46]; Benazir Bhutto International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Pakistan[49]; and Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area[50], a metropolitan area[51], in Pakistan[52].
Why It Matters
Islamabad has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Islamabad is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Islamabad include Islamabad International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in Pakistan[46]; Benazir Bhutto International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Pakistan[49]; and Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area[50], a metropolitan area[51], in Pakistan[52].