Rawalpindi

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city

Rawalpindi is a major city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, historically significant as a former temporary national capital and now a key commercial and military center.

Aliases (1)

Rawalpindi city ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
adjacentTo	Islamabad →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
connectedByHighway	M-1 Motorway (via Islamabad) → M-2 Motorway → N-5 National Highway →
country	Pakistan →
formerRole	temporary capital of Pakistan →
function	commercial center → military center →
hasAirport	Islamabad International Airport vicinity →
hasHospital	Benazir Bhutto Hospital → District Headquarters Hospital Rawalpindi → Holy Family Hospital →
hasMarket	Raja Bazaar →
hasMilitaryInstallation	Ayub National Park garrison area → Chaklala Cantonment → GHQ Rawalpindi → Rawalpindi Cantonment →
hasMuseum	Pakistan Army Museum →
hasPark	Ayub National Park → Jinnah Park Rawalpindi →
hasRailwayStation	Rawalpindi Railway Station →
hasStadium	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium →
hasUniversity	Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi) → Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi → Rawalpindi Medical University →
historicalRegion	Gandhara → Potohar region →
hostsEvent	international cricket matches →
isHeadquartersOf	Joint Staff Headquarters of Pakistan → Pakistan Air Force (operational commands presence) → Pakistan Army General Headquarters (GHQ) →
languageSpoken	English → Punjabi → Urdu →
locatedIn	Punjab, Pakistan →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Rawalpindi District →
locatedInRegion	Pothohar Plateau →
locatedNear	Margalla Hills → Soan River →
majorReligion	Islam →
notableFor	proximity to Pakistan’s federal capital Islamabad → role in Pakistan’s military establishment →
partOf	Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area →
previousAirportServedBy	Benazir Bhutto International Airport →
timePeriodAsCapital	late 1950s to 1960s →
timeZone	Pakistan Standard Time →
utcOffset	+05:00 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Islamabad →	adjacentTo
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed →	arrestedIn
Defence Day of Pakistan →	associatedCity
Kohat →	connectedByRoadTo
British Indian Army →	garrison
Pakistan Armed Forces →	headquartersLocation
Rawal Lake →	locatedNear
Rawal Lake →	namedAfter
Potohar Plateau →	near
Rawal Lake →	nearbyCity
Pakistan Standard Time →	observedInCity
Pakistan Monument ("Rawalpindi city") →	overlooks
Liaquat Ali Khan →	placeOfDeath
Potohari →	primaryCities
Rawal Lake →	suppliesWaterTo