Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Pakistan

• Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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General Information

• 1947- British India separates into Pakistan
  (East and West), and Hindu India.
• 1971- War resulted in East Pakistan seceding and
  becoming the nation we now know as Bangladesh.
• Pakistan conducted Nuclear Weapons Tests in 1998.

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Location

• Absolute 30 North Latitude, 70 East
  Longitude
• Relative Between India on the East, and Iran
  and Afghanistan on the West. South of China.

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Place

• Area Comparative Just smaller than 2X the size
  of California.
• Climate mostly hot, dry desert. Temperate
  in the Northwest, Arctic in the North.
• Terrain Flat Indus Plain in the East.
  Mountains in the North and Northwest.
  Balochistan Plateau in West.

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Natural Hazards

• Frequent Earthquakes
• Flooding along the Indus River after heavy rain.

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Ethnic Groups

• Punjabi
• Sindhi
• Pashtun
• Baloch
• Muhajir- Immigrated from India when India split.
  The descendants of people who moved when India
  split are included as well.

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Religions

• 97 Muslim
• 77 Sunni
• 20 Shia
• Christian
• Hindu
• Other

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Languages

• Most widely spoken language is Punjabi. 48 of
  the population speaks this.
• English is the language of the elite, and of
  government officials.

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Human and Environmental Interaction

• Water Pollution from raw sewage.
• Industrial wastes
• Agricultural runoff
• Limited natural fresh water resources.

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• No access to potable water.
• Deforestation
• Soil Erosion
• Desertification

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Movement

• Railways
• Highways
• Waterways
• Pipelines

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• Pipelines- crude oil, petroleum products,
  natural gas
• Ports and Harbors Karachi, Port Muhammad bin
  Qasim
• Airports- 120.
• 85 are paved
• 35 are unpaved
• Heliports- 9

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Region

• Middle East
• Southern Asia

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