Islamic Republic of Pakistan

General Information British India separates into Pakistan (East and West), and Hindu India War resulted in East Pakistan seceding and becoming the nation we now know as Bangladesh. Pakistan conducted Nuclear Weapons Tests in 1998.

Location: Absolute: 30 * North Latitude, 70* East Longitude Relative: Between India on the East, and Iran and Afghanistan on the West. South of China.

Place:  Area Comparative: Just smaller than 2X the size of California.  Climate: mostly hot, dry desert. Temperate in the Northwest, Arctic in the North.  Terrain: Flat Indus Plain in the East. Mountains in the North and Northwest. Balochistan Plateau in West.

Natural Hazards:  Frequent Earthquakes  Flooding along the Indus River after heavy rain.

Ethnic Groups: PPunjabi SSindhi PPashtun BBaloch MMuhajir- Immigrated from India when India split. The descendants of people who moved when India split are included as well.

Religions:  97% Muslim  77% Sunni  20% Shi’a  Christian  Hindu  Other

Languages:  Most widely spoken language is Punjabi. 48 % of the population speaks this.  English is the language of the elite, and of government officials.

Human and Environmental Interaction Water Pollution from raw sewage. Industrial wastes Agricultural runoff Limited natural fresh water resources.

No access to potable water. Deforestation Soil Erosion Desertification

Movement:  Railways  Highways  Waterways  Pipelines

 Pipelines- crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas  Ports and Harbors: Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim  Airports  85 are paved  35 are unpaved  Heliports- 9

Region: Middle East Southern Asia

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