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Welcome
to Rawalpindi Development Authority
About Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi (راولپنڈی,
Rawalpindi) is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan in Punjab
province near
Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab.
Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi and
Lahore. In the 1950s, Rawalpindi was smaller than Hyderabad and
Multan, but the city's economy received a boost during the building of
Islamabad (1959–1969), during which time Rawalpindi served as the
national capital and its population increased from 180,000 to over 2.1
million. 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. The total area of the
city is approximately 154 square kilometres (59 sq mi). Rawalpindi is
the military headquarters of the Pakistani Armed Forces.
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