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| Introduction - Pakistan: |  | Location - 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 | total: 803,940 sq km  
			land: 778,720 sq km  
			water: 25,220 sq km |   |  Area comparative | slightly less than twice the size of California |   |  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 claims | 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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 This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |