Islamabad

Summary

Islamabad is an administrative territorial entity^[1]. Islamabad ranks in the top 0.21% of administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,612 views/month, #2 of 975).^[2]

Key Facts

• Islamabad is located in Islamabad Capital Territory^[3].
• Islamabad is in the country of Pakistan^[4].
• Islamabad's head of government is recorded as Sheikh Ansar Aziz^[5].
• Islamabad's image is recorded as King Faisal Mosque.jpg^[6].
• Islamabad's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[7].
• Islamabad's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Islamabad's instance of is recorded as federal capital^[9].
• Islamabad's flag image is recorded as Proposed Flag of Islamabad Capital Territory.svg^[10].
• Islamabad's shares border with is recorded as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa^[11].
• Islam is named after Islamabad^[12].
• -abad is named after Islamabad^[13].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Astrakhan^[14].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ankara^[15].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taranto^[16].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Toronto^[17].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Beijing^[18].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Abu Dhabi^[19].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sydney^[20].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jakarta^[21].
• Islamabad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Amman^[22].
• Islamabad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127845974^[23].
• Islamabad's GND ID is recorded as 4245023-8^[24].
• Islamabad's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80162448^[25].
• Islamabad's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 165938955^[26].
• Islamabad's IdRef ID is recorded as 060407522^[27].

Body

Founding

+1960-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Islamabad^[28].

Identity

Islamabad's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'اسلام آباد\u200e'}^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Islamabad include Islamabad International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Pakistan^[32]; Benazir Bhutto International Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in Pakistan^[35]; and Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area^[36], a metropolitan area^[37], in Pakistan^[38].

Why It Matters

Islamabad ranks in the top 0.21% of administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,612 views/month, #2 of 975).^[2] Islamabad has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Islamabad is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Islamabad include Islamabad International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Pakistan^[32]; Benazir Bhutto International Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in Pakistan^[35]; and Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area^[36], a metropolitan area^[37], in Pakistan^[38].