Pakistan Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Pakistan with its capital Islamabad is located in Asia (Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea). It covers some 803,941 square kilometres (slightly less than twice the size of California) with 167,762,000 citizens. Urdu, English, Panjabi, Sindhi, Pushto and are languages spoken by the majority in Pakistan (consider regional differences). China, Afghanistan, Iran and India are bordering countries.

Pakistan is a a large country ( 1.5 times the size of France) in South Asia. Observe the wonders of Karachi, Pakistan's former capital and its largest city, situated on the shores of the Arabian Sea. The magnificent Quaid-e-Azam's Mazar, the mausoleum of the founder of Pakistan, is made entirely of white marble with impressive north African arches. Pakistan boasts some of the highest mountains in the world in Kashmir, including the famous Nanga Parbat and the second-highest mountain in the world, K2. The Baltoro Glacier and the Batura Glacier are the largest outside the polar regions.

Pictures from Capital (Islamabad)

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About Pakistan

The terrain offersflat Indus plain in east with mountains in north and northwest and Balochistan plateau in west. The average density of population is about 208 per km². The climate in Pakistan can be described as mostly hot, dry desert with temperate in northwest, arctic in north. Possible natural disasters include frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west or flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August).

To reach someone in Pakistan dial +92 prior to a number. There are 4,058,000 installed telephones. And there are 103,000,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".pk". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 8 regions/states in Pakistan we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Pakistani population grew at a rate of 1.51% (or by 2,682,195 citizens). With 1,251,573 deaths and 4,447,870 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.8%. -514,102 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Pakistan: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.