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Geography Of Islamabad
Islamabad is located at at the edge of the Pothohar Plateau at the foot of the Margalla Hills in Islamabad Capital Territory. Its elevation is , the highest being 1,584 m (5,196 ft). The modern capital and the ancient Gakhars, Gakhar city of Rawalpindi stand side by side and are commonly referred to as twin cities. Neighboring areas To the east of the city lie Murree and Kotli Sattian Tehsil, Kotli Sattian. To the north lies the Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Kahuta lies on the northeast, Taxila (modern), Taxila, Wah Cantonment, Wah Cantt, and Attock District to the northwest, Gujar Khan, Kallar Syedan Tehsil, Kallar Syedan, Rawat, Murree, Rawat, and Mandrah on the northeast, and Rawalpindi to the southwest. Islamabad is located SSW of Muzaffarabad, east of Peshawar, NNE of Lahore, and WSW of Srinagar, the capital of Indian Kashmir. Geographical features Tilla Charouni, with an elevation of , is the highest point in Islamabad district. The area of Islamabad is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilla Charouni
The Margalla Hills () are a hill range within the Margalla Hills National Park on the northern edge of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, just south of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They are part of the Himalayan foothills. The Margalla range has an area of 12,605 hectares. It is a range with many valleys as well as high mountains. Infrastructure Khayaban-e-Iqbal, arises on the north east side from the 4th Avenue (Nur Pur Shahan), runs between E and F sectors, and ends at Service Road West of F-11 and E-11 ( Golra) sectors in the south-east. It will be extended up to Grand Trunk (GT) Road in the near future. Paleontology and archeology According to the research carried out by scientists and archaeologists of the project "Post-Earthquake Explorations of Human Remains in Margalla Hills", the formation of the Margalla Hills dates to the Miocene epoch. The dominant limestone of the Margalla is mixed with sandstone and occasional minor beds of shale. The archaeol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
