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The capitals of the provinces and territories of Pakistan have remained the same since the 1970s when the current administrative structure was established. All four provincial capitals are the largest cities of their respective provinces. Pakistan has a total population of 207,774,520 according to the 2017 census estimate. [5]
Old capital city Country Today a part of From Until Change, reason Zanzibar City: Zanzibar, Sultanate of: Tanzania: 1856 1964 Sultanate ceased to exist; Zanzibar Revolution: Zanzibar City: Zanzibar, People's Republic of: Tanzania: 1964 1964 Zanzibar merged with Tanganyika in 1964. The city remains the capital of semi-autonomous region of ...
Old name New name Year of name change Ref. 1 Lawrence Garden Bagh-e-Jinnah: 2018 [6] 2 Montgomery Hall Quaid-e-Azam Library: 2018 3 Branthon Road Nishtar Road 4 Queen's Road Fatima Jinnah Road 5 Our Fall Road Jeelani Road 6 Tempbell Street Hameed Nizami Street [7] 7 Jail Road Allama Iqbal Road [6] 8 Davis Road Sir Aga Khan Road 9 Motilal Nehru Road
The name Islamabad means City of Islam.It is derived from two words: Islam and abad.Islam refers to the religion of Islam, Pakistan's state religion, and -abad is a Persian suffix meaning cultivated place, indicating an inhabited place or city. [19]
Pages in category "Capitals of Pakistan" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Name Historical region Present location Continuously inhabited since Notes Girga (as Thinis) Ancient Egypt Egypt: c. 3273 BC Settlement served as the capital of the first Pharaoh of Egypt, Narmer (c. 3273–2987 BC) [1] Faiyum (as Shedet) Ancient Egypt Egypt: c. 2181 BC Settlement established by the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC) [1]
Kragujevac (1818–1841 and 1914–1915): The name of the town derived from the archaic Serbian word Крагуј kraguj, which is a name used for a hunting hawk, thus the name means "hawk's nesting place". Old maps show the name as Krakow. Smederevo (1430–1453): Derived from Serbian Смедереву meaning "Brown Revue". Seychelles:
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States