Capital: Islamabad · Population: 2,363,863 (2023 baseline) · Area: 906 km² · Administrative units: 1 district pages.
Planned capital designed by Constantinos Doxiadis. Faisal Mosque, Margalla Hills and a mix of communities from every province.
QAU, NUST, COMSATS, IIUI and many federal colleges.
PIMS, Polyclinic and private teaching hospitals serve the capital and northern Punjab.
Use the district pages below for headquarters, population notes, public services, history, geography and local places. Figures are based on public sources; check the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics for the latest official tables.
Population: 2,363,863 (2023 census)
Islamabad was designed in the 1960s as a planned garden capital at the foot of the Margalla Hills. The Faisal Mosque, Daman-e-Koh viewpoint, Saidpur Village and Bari Imam shrine sit alongside the government sector belt and a ring of fast-growing housing societies.
Rapid housing growth, traffic and pressure on the Margalla ecosystem.