Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. The government sits there. It is not the biggest city — that is Karachi — and it is not the old cultural heart in the same way Lahore is.

Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan伊斯蘭堡是巴基斯坦的首都。 The government sits there政府就設在那裡。 It is not the biggest city — that is Karachi它不是最大的城市——最大的是喀拉蚩—— and it is not the old cultural heart in the same way Lahore is也不是像拉合爾那樣的舊文化中心。

Islamabad was built on purpose in the 1960s as a new capital, in the north of the country, near the older city of Rawalpindi. The name comes from Urdu and means a settled place of Islam: Islam + -abad, a Persian ending used in many South Asian city names for “city” or “inhabited place.” It is an ordinary place name: you write it with a capital I, like Taipei or London.

Islamabad was built on purpose in the 1960s as a new capital伊斯蘭堡是1960年代刻意打造出來的新首都， in the north of the country, near the older city of Rawalpindi位於國家北部，靠近比較老的城市拉瓦爾品第。 The name comes from Urdu and means a settled place of Islam這個名字來自烏爾都語，意思是伊斯蘭的安居之地: Islam + -abad, a Persian ending used in many South Asian city names for “city” or “inhabited place.”Islam加上-abad，這是波斯文的字尾，在許多南亞城市名裡都用來表示『城市』或『有人居住的地方』。 It is an ordinary place name這是個很普通的地名: you write it with a capital I, like Taipei or London你會用大寫的I來寫它，就像Taipei或London一樣。

Though actually, English speakers sometimes mix it with Istanbul, the big city in Turkey, because both start with I and both turn up on the same school-map pages. They are in different countries, with different Chinese names too.

Though actually不過實際上， English speakers sometimes mix it with Istanbul, the big city in Turkey英語使用者有時候會把它跟土耳其的大城市伊斯坦堡搞混， because both start with I and both turn up on the same school-map pages因為兩個名字開頭都是I，又常常出現在同一張學校地圖上。 They are in different countries, with different Chinese names too它們其實在不同的國家，中文名字也不一樣。