Rawalpindi Division
Rawalpindi Division is an administrative division of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Rawalpindi serves as the headquarters of the division which consists of 6 districts: Attock, Chakwal, Talagang, Jhelum, Murree, and Rawalpindi.
Divisions are the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels. In 2000, local government reforms abolished administrative divisions and raised the districts to become the new third tier of government. But in 2008, the division system was restored again.
History
British rule
Following the British conquest of the region in 1849, the area around Rawalpindi became a division of the Punjab province of British India, primarily because of the strategic location of the city of Rawalpindi.The Imperial Gazetteer of India describes the division as follows:
"North-western Division of the Punjab, lying between 31°35' and 34° 1' N. and 70° 37' and 74°29' E. The Commissioner's headquarters are at Rawalpindi and Murree. The total population of the Division increased from 2,520,508 in 1881 to 2,750,713 in 1891, and to 2,799,360 in 1901. Its total area was 25,000 Km Square square miles, and the density of the population is 178 persons per square mile, compared with 209 for the Province as a whole"
The division was composed of four districts:
| District | Area | Population |
| Shahpur | 4,840 | 524,259 |
| Jhelum | 2,813 | 501,424 |
| Rawalpindi | 2,010 | 558,699 |
| Attock | 4,022 | 464,430 |
| Total | 13685 | 2,048812 |