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 | Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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| Location: |
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north
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| Area: |
803,940 sq km
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| Climate: |
mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
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| Terrain: |
flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west
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| Population: |
138,123,359 (July 1999 est.) |
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| Religions: |
Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% |
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| Languages: |
Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8% |
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| Capital: |
Islamabad
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