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The Capital
Islamabad is one of the most
beautiful of capital in the world and most attractive city in Pakistan,
mountains and tourist spots made this place heaven. People from all over the Pakistan
come daily to visit the city. Islamabad
is fully owned by the capital development authority, who keeps the city clean
and well, residential sectors in Islamabad are fully planned, and everything is
available in them.
Growth of Population
In The capital city of
Pakistan “Islamabad” is also the ninth largest city in the country. The
population of the city has grown from 100,000
in 1951 to 1.30 million in 2012.
Since, Islamabad has attracted people from all over Pakistan, making it one of
the most cosmopolitan, tourist spot and urbanized cities of Pakistan and center
of Economic and service activities which attract people from all over the
country.
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi is in the
Adjacent to the Southern edge of Islamabad. It is situated in the North Eastern
part of the Potohar Plateau in North Punjab. Being Headquarter of Rawalpindi
Division and a close neighbor of the Federal Capital, Islamabad, if we see the
population of Rawalpindi City it’s increasing and also rapidly increased over
the years. And expected to increase with the 4% annually.
Twin Cities
Well, I would like to add
one more thing Islamabad and Rawalpindi is also known as twin cities because
they are connected to each other, and half of the Rawalpindi population come
daily in Islamabad for the jobs and business activities.
Analysis of Twin Cities
The capital Islamabad and Rawalpindi
Metropolitan Area is the third largest conurbation in Pakistan with a
population of over 4.5 million inhabitants. And if we look at the population, Twin
cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are growing rapidly at a rate of more than 4%
percent annually, indicating a higher than national growth means reason behind
this is due to significant ratio of migration. With present growth trends it is
expected that the population would increase to 7.0 million approximately in
twenty years’ time period for sure.
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