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I am a tourist and I recently came in Pakistan; I want to know some information about Islamabad Pakistan, thanks.
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The beautiful city Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city of the country. The total population of the Islamabad is 1.21 million estimated in 2009. The Rawalpindi and Islamabad are collectively called as Metropolitan Area and it is the third largest part of the country with a population of over 4.5 million inhabitants. Islamabad is situated in the Pothohar Plateau in the north of the country, within the Islamabad Capital Territory. The city has historically been a part of the crossroads of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Margalla pass playing the role as the gateway between the two areas. The city was constructed during the 1960s in order to change the Pakistan's capital. In 1961 it became the capital of Pakistan. Islamabad is a well-organized city has different sectors and zones. In 2008 it is placed as a Gamma world city . The beautiful Faisal Mosque also presents here, which is the largest mosque in South Asia and the sixth largest mosque of the world. In Pakistan, Islamabad is the only city which has the highest literacy rate. In the federal city of Pakistan several top ranking universities of Pakistan are presents, few are: Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences and the National University of Sciences and Technology. The world's largest university by enrollment is also situated in the capital city of Pakistan and that is Allama Iqbal Open University.
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