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Pakistan -
Country Statistics
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| Geography | Pakistan | | Location: | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north. | | Geographic coordinates: | 30 00 N, 70 00 E | | Map references: | Asia | | Area: | | Province | Area Sq, Km | Area % | | Pakistan | 796095 | 100 | | Balochistan | 347190 | 43.6 | | Punjab | 205344 | 25.8 | | Sindh | 140914 | 17.1 | | NWFP | 74521 | 9.4 | | FATA | 27220 | 3.4 | | Islamabad | 906 | 0.1 | |  | | | Land boundaries: | total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km | | Coastline: | 1,046 km | | Maritime: | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin | | Climate: | Mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north | | Terrain: | Flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m | | Natural resources: | Land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone | | Land use: | arable land: 24.44%
permanent crops: 0.84%
other: 74.72% (2005) | | Irrigated land: | 182,300 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards: | Frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) | | Environment - current issues: | Water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; a majority of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification | | Environment - international agreements: | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation | | Geography - note: | Controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent |
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