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Pakistan
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پاکستان |
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[1]پاکستان - اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان
اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان جنوبی ايشيا ميں واقع ہے۔ پاکستان کے مشرق ميں بھارت، شمال مشرق ميں چین اور مغرب ميں افغانستان اور ايران اور جنوب ميں بحيرہ عرب واقع ہيں۔ پاکستان کا مطلب ہے پاک لوگوں کے رہنے کی جگہ اور يہ نام چودھری رحمت علی نے تجويز کيا تھا۔
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Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country located in South-central Asia and the Greater Middle East. It has a 1046 kilometer coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south, and is bordered by ► Afghanistan (formerly w:Khorasan) and ► Iran in the west, ► India (Bharat) in the east and the ► People's Republic of China in the far northeast. In the north, Pakistan includes parts of ► Kashmir (w:Pakistan-administered Kashmir).It has four Provinces Punjab, Balochistan, N.W.F.P,Sindh
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Pakistan |
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Status |
Independent country since 1947 |
| Location |
South Asia |
| Capital |
اسلام آباد (Islamabad) |
| Population |
168,803,940 inhabitants |
| Area |
803,940 km² |
| Major languages |
Urdu (official), English , Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Saraiki |
| Major religions |
Islam |
| More information |
Pakistan, Geography of Pakistan, History of Pakistan and Politics of Pakistan |
| More images |
Pakistan - Pakistan (Category). |
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General maps
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UN map of India and Pakistan region |
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Map of Pakistan |
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Map of Pakistan in Urdu |
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Map of Pakistan |
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Topographic map of Pakistan |
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Map of Pakistan and Afghanistan |
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Boundaries of Pakistan |
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Divisions of Pakistan |
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Tehsils of Pakistan |
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Ethnic divisions |
Maps of Kashmir
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UN map of the Kashmir distputed territory |
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Divided Kashmir |
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Kashmir |
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Former state of Hunza |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Pakistan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Pakistan.
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Ancient India 600 BC |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian) |
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Hellenistic world in 200 BCE |
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Maurya and Gupta Empires |
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Mauryan Empire |
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Mauryan Empire |
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Gupta Empire |
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Gupta Empire |
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Gupta Empire |
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Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman |
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Caliphate around 750 |
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Rajput Kingdoms (7th-11th Century) |
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Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)
Mongol Empire
By 1294 the empire had split into:
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European settlements in India 1501-1739 |
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Mughal Empire |
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India 1700-1792 |
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British India, not including Burma |
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Partition of India |
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Historical Pakistan until 1971 |
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Historical Pakistan until 1971 |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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Hindustan in 1812 by Arrowsmith and Lewis |
Ethno-linguistic maps
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Languages of South Asia |
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Indo-arian languages |
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Dravidian languages |
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Languages of Pakistan |
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Ethnic map |
Other maps
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UN map of Pakistan |
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Agriculture and land use |
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Industry map |
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Population density (1973) |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization: Pākistān - Islami Jumhuriyah Pākistān.
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