| Full Name: |
Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Independence Day: |
14 August, 1947 |
| Founder of Pakistan: |
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| Religion: |
Islam |
| Head of State: |
President |
| Capital City: |
Islamabad |
| Area in Sq km: |
803940 sq km |
| National Poet: |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal |
| Location: |
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north . |
| Climate: |
Pakistan has a continental type of climate, characterized by extreme variations of temperature. Very high altitudes modify the climate in the cold, snow-covered northern mountains. Temperatures on the Balochistan Plateau are somewhat higher. Along the coastal strip the climate is tempered by sea breezes. In the rest of the country temperatures rise steeply in the summer and hot winds blow across the plains during the day. The daily variation in temperature may be as much as 11 degree C to 17 degree centigrade. Winters are cold with minimum mean temperature of about 4 degree centigrade in January |
| Natural Resources: |
land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
| Currency: |
Pak Rupee |
| National Game: |
Field Hockey |
| Deserts: |
Thar, Cholistan, Thal |
| Rivers: |
Indus, Jehlum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutluj |
| Mountains: |
K2 8611 m, Nanga Parbat 8126, Gasherbrum I 8068, Broad Pk 8047, Gasherbrum II 8035 |
| Dams: |
Mangla Dam, Terbela Dam, Warsak Dam |
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