South
Asia bordering the Arabian Sea between India on the east and
Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north.
Land
Boundaries
Total
7,266 km Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 580 km, India 2,240
km, Iran 909 km.
Coastline
1,046
km
Climate
4
Seasons, dry desert, temperate in northwest; arctic in north.
Terrain
Flat
Indus plain in east, mountains in north and northwest, Balochistan
plateau in west and desert in south.
Elevation
Extremes
Lowest
point: Arabian Sea 0 m,
Highest point: K2 ( Mt. Godwin Austin - 8611 meters )
Independence
14th
August 1947
National
Day
23rd
March
Government
Type
Parliamentary
Capital
Islamabad
Administrative
Divisions
4
provinces (Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan)
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Disputed Jammu & Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir
and the Northern Areas
