Pakistan Facts

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Pakistan Facts and Statistics

Location: Located in South Asia, Pakistan shares an eastern border with India and a north-eastern border with China. Iran makes up the country’s south-west border, and Afghanistan runes along its western and northern edge. The Arabian Sea is Pakistan’s southern boundary with 1,064 km of coastline.

The country as a total area of 803,940 sq km with a land area of 778,720 sq km and is nearly four times the size of the United Kingdom. From Gwadar Bay in it’s south-eastern corner, the country extends more than 1,800 km to the Khunjerab Pass on China’s border. Southern Asia, bordering Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km

Capital of Pakistan:

Islamabad

Population of Pakistan

: over 180,800,000 (December 2009 est.)

Ethnic Make-up of Pakistan

: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their descendants)

Religions

: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi’a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other (inc. Sikh) 3%

Language in Pakistan

Urdu is the only official language of Pakistan, although English is generally used instead of Urdu in this regard.

Urdu is closely related to Hindi but is written in an extended Arabic alphabet rather than in Devanagari.
Many other languages are spoken in Pakistan, including Punjabi, Siraiki, Sindhi, Pashtu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, Burushaski, Balti, Khawar, Gujrati and other languages with smaller numbers of speakers.

Map of Pakistan

Pakistan Map

Currency of Pakistan

– Currency of Pakistan is the Rupee. Use the free currency converter to compare to dollars, GBP or Euro.

Dialing Code of Pakistan

– International dialing code for Pakistan is +92.

Time – Pakistan

is +5 hours GMT.

National Sport

: Hockey

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