Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area
Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area
اسلام آباد-راولپنڈی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ | |
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Skyline of Islamabad | |
| Coordinates: 33°38′54″N 73°03′59″E / 33.64835585418554°N 73.06637710972826°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Principal cities | Islamabad, Rawalpindi |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,165.5 km2 (450.0 sq mi) |
| Rawalpindi: 259 km2 Islamabad: 906.5 km2 | |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 3,108,063 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
| Rawalpindi Metropolitan: 2,831,379 Islamabad Metropolitan: 2,003,368 | |
| Time zone | Pakistan Standard Time |
The Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area (Urdu:اسلام آباد-راولپنڈی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ) is the fourth-largest metropolitan area of Pakistan, after Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad. It consists of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The area includes the Pothohar Plateau and the colonial city of Rawalpindi, as well as the modern planned city of Islamabad. The region received a major boom with the construction of Islamabad as the capital city of Pakistan in the 1960s.