Official Name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north. Capital: Islamabad Area: total: 803,940 sq km land: 778,720 sq km water: 25,220 sq km Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m. Highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m.

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Population: 164,741,924 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Pakistani(s) Ethnic groups: 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 3%. 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%.

Mostly hot and dry desert. Temperate in the northwest. Arctic in the north.

Government type: Federal Republic. Independence: 14 August 1947 (from the United Kingdom). National holiday: Republic Day, 23 March (1956).

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