Formal Name:Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Short Form: Pakistan.
Term for Citizens: Pakistani.
Date of Independence: August 14, 1947, from Britain.
National Holiday: Pakistan Day (proclamation of the republic), March 23, 1956.
location: It lies between 23-35 to 37- 05 North latitude and 60-50 to 77- 50 East longitude touching the Hindukush Mountains in the North and extending from the Pamirs to the Arabian Sea.
Boundary: It is bounded by Iran in the West, Afghanistan in the North-West, India in the East and South East and Arabian Sea in the South. There is a common border with China alongside Gil git and Baluchistan in the North.
Land area: 300,664 sq mi (778,720 sq km); total area: 310,401 sq mi (803,940 sq km)1
Population (2007 est.): 169,270,617 (growth rate: 2.0%); birth rate: 29.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 68.5/1000; life expectancy: 63.8; density per sq mi: 563
Monetary unit: Pakistan rupee
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