URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80162448

Codes

• a-pk---

Variants

• Islāmābād
• اسلام آباد (Pakistan)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n80162448

Identifies RWO

• http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1362
• http://www.viaf.org/viaf/127845974
• http://sws.geonames.org/1176615/
• http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000904-place
• https://d-nb.info/gnd/4245023-8

• Descriptor

  Cities and towns

• Descriptor

  Capitals (Cities)

• Associated Locale

  Pakistan

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++80162448#skos:Concept
• http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000904

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Islamabad Label from public data source Wikidata
• Islamabad Label from public data source Wikidata
• Islamabad (Pakistán)
• Pakistan--Islāmābād

Broader Concepts from Other Schemes

• Pakistan--Islāmābād Region

Earlier Established Forms

• Islāmābād

Sources

• found: Jafri, Z. Islamabad takes shape, 1967.
• found: Britannica online, September 9, 2015(Islamabad, city, capital of Pakistan, on the Potwar Plateau, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Rawalpindi, the former interim capital; city's site was chosen by a commission in 1959 after Karachi was found unsuitable as the capital. Construction began in 1961 with an effort to blend traditional Islamic architecture with modern patterns and requirements) - http://www.britannica.com/place/Islamabad
• found: Wikipedia, September 9, 2015(Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد‎ = Islāmābād) is the capital city of Pakistan located within the Islamabad Capital Territory; city was built during the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital; founded 1960; 33°43ʹN 73°04ʹE)
• found: The world factbook, via WWW, September 9, 2015(under Pakistan: capital: Islamabad; geographic coordinates: 33 41 N, 73 03 E)

Editorial Notes

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Instance Of

• MADS/RDF Geographic
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1980-12-17: new
• 2020-07-24: revised

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