Local time
Sun, 7:49 AM GMT+5Asia/KarachiCityCapital
Islamabad
33.70° N, 73.16° E
- Population
- 780,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 11 of 40
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 40 cities of Pakistan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Pakistan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Karachi
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Practical bearings for Islamabad, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Islamabad have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name means "city of Islam" and derives from the Arabic "islam," referring to the Islamic faith, and the Persian suffix "-abad," meaning "inhabited place" or "city".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person