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Website. Official Website. Rawalpindi ( / rɔːlˈpɪndi /; Punjabi, Urdu: راولپنڈی, romanized :Rāwalpinḍī; pronounced [ɾɑːʋəlpɪnɖiː] ⓘ [ 5 ]) is the third-largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is a commercial and metropolitan city, being the fourth most populous in Pakistan. It is located near the Soan ...
Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and Urdu: ضِلع راولپِنڈى) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. Rawalpindi city is the district capital. The district has an area of 5,286 km 2 (2,041 sq mi).
Punjab, Pakistan. / 31; 72. Punjab ( / pʌnˈdʒɑːb /; Punjabi, Urdu: پنجاب, pronounced [pəɳˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ; abbr. PB) is a province of Pakistan. Located in the central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest by population. Lahore is the capital and the largest city ...
The administrative setup of Pakistani Punjab in 1951 was as follows (districts and divisions which do not exist anymore are in red writing, and districts and divisions which still exist, but have been renamed are in blue writing ): [ 14] Lahore Division. Gujrat District. Gujranwala District. Lahore District.
After independence, The province of West Punjab had four divisions – Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and Sargodha. From 1955 to 1970, during One Unit policy the Princely State of Bahawalpur was joined with West Punjab and made part of Bahawalpur Division. In the late 1970s new divisions were formed; Gujranwala Division was formed from parts of ...
Rawalpindi Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Rawalpindi city is the capital of the division. 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 ...
The tehsil was described in the Imperial Gazetteer of India as follows: "North-western Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, Punjab, lying between 33°19' and 33°50' N. and 72°34' and 73°23' E., with an area of 764 square miles (1,980 km 2 ). The population in 1901 was 261,101, compared with 243,141 in 1891.
It is the only airport in Pakistan capable of landing the Airbus A380 . The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus is a 24 km (14.9 mi) bus rapid transit system that serves the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad within the larger metropolitan area. It uses dedicated bus lanes for all of its routes, covering 24 bus stations.