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Rawalpindi

Pakistan

Watercolour of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Centered around Raja Bazaar with wooden carved balconies, historic Gordon College, and the Lai Nullah stream near Ayub National Park. Featuring Raja Bazaar and Purana Qila and Gordon College.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Raja Bazaar and Purana Qila; Gordon College; Ayub National Park; Rawalpindi Railway Station; traditional Potohari architecture; Potohar Plateau flora; Potohar
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Rawalpindi, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in sheesham trees, mulberry trees, and chinar trees shading old streets and college lawns.
Population3,357,612Wikidata: 2,098,231
Coordinates33.60°N, 73.05°E
Elevation508 m
Area5,286 km²
Time zoneAsia/KarachiUTC+5
Solar noon12:08clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Rawalpindi and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 755 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

IslamabadPK13 km
PeshawarPK143 km
SrinagarIN171 km
GujranwalaPK192 km
BannuPK238 km
FaisalabadPK242 km
LahorePK257 km
AmritsarIN279 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Rawalpindi inside this atlas.

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