| Official name: |
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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| Capital: |
Islamabad
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| Area: |
total: 803,940 sq km
land: 778,720 sq km
water: 25,220 sq km
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| Climate: |
mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
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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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| Geographic coordinates: |
30 00 N, 70 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly less than twice the size of California
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km
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| Coastline: |
1,046 km
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| Terrain: |
flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m
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