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Rawalpindi is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. The area was home to the pre-historic Soanian culture indigenous to this region. Numerous and endless shopping bazaars, parks and a cosmopolitan population attract shoppers from all over Pakistan and abroad. Rawalpindi is also the military headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces and also served as the nation's capital while Islamabad was being constructed in the 1960s. The city is home to many industries and factories. Islamabad International Airport, formerly known as "Chaklala" airport, is actually in Rawalpindi; it serves the city along with the capital. Rawalpindi is located in the Punjab province, 275 km (171 miles) to the north-west of Lahore. It is the administrative seat of the Rawalpindi District. City is about 108 square kilometres (42 sq mi).
Dimensions of Rawalpindi: It's 17km from North to South, starting at Murree Road and ending your journey at Gulshan Abad, and 21km from East to West at the maximum, if u make your way from Bahria Town(East) to the end limits of Cantonment which is now extended near Motorways(West). |
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