Taxila Cantonment ( ur, ٹیکسلا کینٹ) is a cantonment adjacent to Taxila in Rawalpindi District, Punjab province,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. The city is home to

Heavy Industries Taxila Heavy Industries Taxila ( Reporting name: HIT), ( ur, ) is a Pakistani state-owned defence, military contractor, engineering conglomerate, and military corporation located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.HITEC University HITEC University is a private university located in Taxila Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan. Taxila, a historic seat of learning and an important archaeological site, is about 30 km north-west of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. HITEC University co ...

Location

Taxila Cantonment is located immediately east of Taxila city, and is surrounded by the villages of ''Shahpur'', ''Dhok Wajjan'', and ''Karamwal''. It is also bordered by Taxila's neighbourhoods of Muslim Colony and Hassan Colony. The cantonment is 41 kilometres away from

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...

by road.

Administration

Taxila Cantonment is managed by the Taxila Cantonment Board under the control of the Military Lands & Cantonments Department (ML&C), Ministry of Defence. Cantonments throughout Pakistan are established under and governed by the Cantonments Act 1924.

Transportation

Rail

Taxila Cantonment is the location of Taxila's railway station, the

Taxila Cantonment Junction railway station Taxila Cantonment Junction railway station ( Urdu and pa, ) is located in Taxila cantonment area near Taxila, Rawalpindi district of Punjab province, Pakistan. See also * List of railway stations in Pakistan * Pakistan Railways Pakista ...

, also known as ''Taxila Junction''. Taxila Junction is served by the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line, and is the southern terminus of the

Khunjerab Railway Khunjerab Railway ( ur, ), also known as China–Pakistan railway, is one of several proposed railway lines in Pakistan, to be operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The current active line begins from Taxila Junction station and ends at ...

, which connects Taxila to the

Havelian railway station Havelian railway station ( ur, ) is located in Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. See also * List of railway stations in Pakistan * Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakis ...

. A planned extension of the railway will eventually connect Taxila to China's Southern Xinjiang Railway in Kashgar, as part of the

China–Pakistan Economic Corridor China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (; ur, چین پاکستان اقتصادی راہداری) is a collection of infrastructure projects that are under construction throughout Pakistan beginning in 2013. Originally valued at $47 billi ...

Road

Taxila junction's road network merges into that of the Taxila city. The ancient

Grand Trunk Road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...

is designated as

N-5 National Highway The N-5 or National Highway 5 (Urdu: ) is a 1819 km national highway in Pakistan, which extends from Karachi in Sindh to Torkham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Route The N-5 is the longest national highway in Pakistan and serves as an importa ...

, and connects the city to the Afghan border, and northern

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

. The

Karakoram Highway The Karakoram Highway ( ur, , translit=śāhirāh qarāquram; known by its initials KKH, also known as N-35 or National Highway 35 ( ur, ) or the China-Pakistan Friendship Highway) is a national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in ...

's southern terminus is in nearby

Hasan Abdal Hasan Abdal ( Punjabi, ur, ), is a city in the Attock District of Punjab Province in Pakistan, located 40 km northwest of the country's capital city, Islamabad. Hassan Abdal is the headquarters of Hasan Abdal Tehsil (sub-district). As home ...

, and connects Taxila to the Chinese border near the

Hunza Valley The Hunza Valley ( bsk, , Wakhi: '; ur, ) is a mountainous valley in the northern part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, formed by the Hunza River, bordering Ishkoman to the northwest, Shigar to the southeast, Afghanistan's Wa ...

Motorways

The city is linked to

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

and

by the M-1 Motorway, which in turn offers wider motorway access to

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

via the M-2 Motorway, and

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...

via the M-4 Motorway.

Air

The nearest airport to Taxila Cantonment is Islamabad International Airport, located 35 kilometres away by road. Peshawar's

Bacha Khan International Airport Bacha Khan International Airport , formerly known as Peshawar International Airport, is an international airport located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located in the southwestern end of the city of Peshawar, it is the fourth-bus ...

is 155 kilometres away by road.

References

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