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PAKISTAN

HISTORY SECTION

CONTEMPORARY (LAST 100 YEARS)

• In the 900's muslims conquer
• most of the area

COLONIAL

• Pakistan was ran by the
• British until 1948.

ANCIENT (MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS)

• Around 1500 BC, the aryans came and influenced
• the hindu civilization; later the persians occupied the
• Northern regions from the 6th century BC up to the 2nd
• Century AD, while the greek were also here, arriving in
• 327 BC with Alexander the Great af macedonia.

INTERESTING FACTS (ANY TIME)

• The name Pakistan means
• "Land of the pure" in
• Urdu and persian

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

WATER

• Total water: 183.5 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%)
• Per capital: 1,038 cu m/yr (2008)

LAND

• Arable land: 26.02%
• Permanent crops: 1.05%
• Other: 72.93% (2011)

CLIMATE

• Mostly hot
• Dry desert
• Temperature in northeast
• Arctic in north

OTHER POINT OF INTEREST/ NATURAL RESOURCES

• Land, extensive natural gas reserves,
• Limited petroleum, poor quality coal,
• Iron ore, copper, salt, limestone

CULTURE SECTION

LANGUAGE

RELIGION

TRADITION/CUSTOMS

• Eid al-fitr
• Eid al-fitr is a three day celebration
• You celebrate eid al-fitr after Ramadan

ECONOMY

• 59.21 million
• Country comparison to the world: 10

Note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East and use of child labor.

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

POPULATION

LAND AREA

LOCATION/BORDER

• Afghanistan: 2,430 km
• China: 523 km
• India: 2,912 km
• Iran: 909 km

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT/ LEADERS

STATE CAPITAL

PRESIDENT

Conflicts
Since independence, Pakistan military fought three years against India, several border skirmishes of Afghanistan, and an extended skirmish with India in 1999.

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