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Clickable map of the four provinces and three federal territories of Pakistan. A clickable map of Pakistan exhibiting its administrative units.
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]
In 1960, the federal capital was moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi and in 1961, the Federal Capital Territory was also merged into West Pakistan. In 1966, the capital was again moved to the newly constructed city of Islamabad. In 1962, Dacca was made the legislative capital of the country due to East Pakistan's high population. [14]
Most of the divisions were named after the divisional capitals, with some exceptions. From 1955 to 1970, the One Unit policy meant that there were only two provinces – East and West Pakistan. East Pakistan had the same divisions as East Bengal had previously, but West Pakistan gradually gained seven new divisions to add to the original six.
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English: This is a blank SVG map of Pakistan's divisions, which total 37 in number (including Islamabad Capital Territory). Three divisions in Azad Kashmir: Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Poonch; Eight divisions in Balochistan: Loralai, Makran, Nasirabad, Qalat, Quetta, Rakhshan, Sibi, Zhob; Three divisions in Gilgit-Baltistan: Diamer, Gilgit, Skardu
1 district serving as the federal capital: Islamabad Capital Territory; This map was made using QGIS and Inkscape, and the sources for it include raster data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics for internal divisional and most district borders, IPUMS' World Map GIS data for international borders, and pakresponse.info as well as this image ...
The four provincial governments of Pakistan administer the four provinces of Pakistan. [1] There is also a federal capital territory and two territories which have similar governments but with some differences. The head of each province is a non-executive Governor appointed by the President.