Geography

Punjab                           205,344   Sq. km. 

Sindh                            140,914    Sq. km.

Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw:  74,521   Sq. km. 

Balochistan:                   347,190 Sq. km. 

FATA:                            27,220   Sq. km. 

Islamabad (Capital):        906 Sq. km.

Population:                     170,064,500 (2010)

Pakistan's Official Map:

Drawn by Mian Mahmood Alam Suhrawardy (1920-1999)

Pakistan lies between 23 degrees 35 minutes to 37 degrees 05 minutes North latitude and 60 degrees 50 minutes to 77 degrees 50 minutes east longitude. It touches the Hindukush Mountains in the north and extends from the Pamirs to the Arabian Sea. The country has a total area of 796,095 sq km and is nearly four times the size of the United Kingdom. From Gwadar Bay in its south-eastern corner, the country extends more than 1,800 km to the Khunjerab Pass on China' border. It consists of such physical regions as a) the western offshoots of Himalayas which cover its northern and north western parts of which the highest peak K-2 rises to 8611 meters above sea level; b) the Balochistan plateau c) The Potohar Plateau and salt range and d) The Indus plain, the most fertile and densely populated area of the country. It gets its sustenance from the Indus River and its tributaries.

                 Climatically, Pakistan enjoys a considerable measure of variety. North and north western high mountainous ranges are extremely cold in winter while the summer months of April to September are very pleasant. The plains of the Indus valley are extremely hot in summer with a cold and dry weather in winter. The coastal strip in the South has a moderate climate. There is a general deficiency of rainfall. In the plains annual average ranges from 16 centimeters in the northern parts of lower Indus plain to 120 centimeters in the Himalayan region. Rains are monsoonal in origin and fall late in summers. Due to the rainfall and high diurnal range of temperature, humidity is comparatively low. Only the coastal strip has high humidity.

                      Urdu is the national language and is used as a medium of understanding throughout the country. Aside from this, Pakistan is culturally divided into four linguistic provinces. Punjabi is spoken in the Punjab, Sindhi in Sindh, Pashto in NWFP, and Balochi in Balochistan


Provinces (Divisions/Districts) 

Punjab               8 / 34

Sindh                5 / 21

NWFP              7 / 24

Balochistan       6 / 22

                                                                                   

*While FATA consist of 13 Areas/Agencies and Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas have 7 and 5 Districts respectively.

Famous Mountain Peaks Height World Rating

K-2 (Chagori)                 8616 m (2^nd)

Nanga Parbat                8125 m (8^th)

Gasherbrum-I                 8068 m (11^th)

Broad Peak                   8065 m (12^th)

Gasherbrum-II                8047 m (14^th)

Gasherbrum-III               7952 m (15^th)

Gasherbrum-IV              7925 m (16^th)

Disteghil Sar                  7885 m (20^th)

Kunyang Kish                7852 m (22^nd)

Masherbrum (NE)           7821 m (24^th)

Rakaposhi                     7788 m (27^th)

Batura I                         7785 m (28^th)

Kanjut  Sar                    7760 m (29^th)

Saltoro Kangri                7742 m (33^rd)    

Trivor                             7720 m (36^th)

Tirich Mir                       7708 m (41^st)

Famous Mountain Passes (Location/Province)

The Khyber Pass                       (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

The Kurram Pass                       (FATA)

The Tochi Pass                          (FATA)

The Gomal Pass                        (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

The Bolan Pass                         (Balochistan)

The Lowari Pass                        Chitral (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

The Khunjrab Pass                     (Northern Areas)

Rivers (Length)

The Indus                                  2,896 km

Jhelum                                      825 km

Chenab                                     1,242 km

Ravi                                          901 km

Sutlej                                        1,551 km

Beas (tributary of Sutlej)             398 km

Famous Glaciers (Length)

Siachin             75 km

Batura               55 km

Baltoro              65 km

Deserts Name (Location/Province)

Thar                  (Sindh)

Cholistan           (Punjab)

Thal                  (Punjab)

Lakes Name (Location/Province)

Manchar            (Sindh)

Keenjar             (Sindh)

Hanna               (Balochistan)

Saif-ul-Maluk     (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Satpara             (Northern Areas)

Kachura            (Northern Areas)

Major Dams Name (Location/Province)

Mangla Dam (Punjab)

Tarbela Dam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Warsak Dam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)