Fascinating Facts about Pakistan

10 Fascinating Facts about Pakistan

  

officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212.2 million. By area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles). Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

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1 . Pakistan is home to one of the oldest Civilizations in the world, dating back to 4000 BC. 2. Pakistan was founded on August 14, 1947, one day before India officially gained its independence from Great Britain. 3. The name "Pakistan" is a mash-up of the names of cultural groups that lived within Pakistan's borders—Punjab, Afghani, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan. 4. The “stan” suffix in the names of many Middle Eastern countries, including Pakistan, comes from an old Persian word meaning “place of.” 5. Pakistan is one of the few countries in the world where women have a lower life expectancy than men. 6. Pakistan’s geography includes a wide variety of landscapes and terrains, with elevation ranging from sea level to the second highest mountaintop in the world. 7. Only 15% of Pakistan's population uses the internet. 8. The city of Sialkot, in northeast Pakistan, produces over half of the world’s soccer balls. 9. Pakistan has been ranked the fourth smartest country in the world and has the seventh largest number of engineers and scientists. 10. Pakistan is the only Muslim nation to control nuclear weapons.