Sihala is a town and union council in the Islamabad Capital Territory

Islamabad Capital Territory

The Islamabad Capital Territory is one of the two federal territories of Pakistan. It includes Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, and covers an area of 1,165.5 km² of which 906 km² is Islamabad proper...

 of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, situated to the east of Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

, the Pakistani capital. This place is situated at geographical coordinates are 33° 42' 0" North, 73° 0' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Sihāla. The Soan River

Soan River

The Soan , Sawaan , Sawan or Sohan River is a river in Punjab, Pakistan.- Location and Geography :...

 flows through Sihala. Sihala is the location of the largest police training college in Pakistan, a railway station, a Pakistan State Oil

Pakistan State Oil

Pakistan State Oil is the oil market leader in Pakistan. Its well established infrastructure, built at par with international standards, represents 82% of country’s storage...

 depot and an Army Military Engineering Service supply center.

The Kashmir Highway

Kashmir Highway

The Kashmir Highway was a route that used to traverse the length of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, it provided an important link into the Punjab. This highway was built by the then Maharaja of Kashmir Gulab Singh in 1882...

 passes through Sihala. A college of Muhammad Ali Jinnah University

Muhammad Ali Jinnah University

Muhammad Ali Jinnah University is a private sector university in Karachi, Pakistan, imparting education in business administration and information technology.It was founded by Dr...

 (MAJU) has recently opened in Sihala. Villages in Sihala union council  include Gagri

Gagri

Gagri is a village in Sihala unian council of the Islamabad Capital Territory. The village is further divided into dhoks which are Gagri Mirzian, Gagri Jatal, Dhoke Shian, Pind Gagri, Bhandar, Dhoke Rajput, Dhoke Darzian and Nai Abadi Bhandar....

, Pind Mughal, Chak Kamidar, Nara Sayedan, Sandu, Chitroh, Herdogher, Jabi Gakhran, Ladhiot, Kangota, Sayedan, Jandala and Kangota Gujran