Islamabad |
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Pakistan |
Islamabad |
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Pakistan |
| Location: | Southern
Asia in Pakistan 33.67N 73.13E |
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| Climate: | The hottest is
May to July, Summer (Apr - Sept) 34.2 C Winter (Oct-Mar) 3.4 C |
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| Weather: | Geocities Weather
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| Population: | 135,135,195 (July 1998 est.) | |
| Currency: | Pakistani rupee
(PRe) Exchange rates and converter |
People |
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| Population: | 135,135,195 (July 1998 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 2.2% (1998 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 34.38 births/1,000 population (1998 est.) |
| Death rate: | 10.69 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female (1998 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | 93.48 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 4.91 children born/woman (1998 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 59.07 years male: 58.23 years female: 59.96 years (1998 est.) |
| Literacy: | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 37.8% male: 50% female: 24.4% (1995 est.) |
| Religions: | Muslim 97% Christian, Hindu, and other 3% |
| Nationality: | noun:
Pakistani(s) adjective: Pakistani |
| Languages: | Urdu(Official), Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu 8%, Balochi 3%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries)& others |
| Government | |
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| Country name: | conventional
long form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan conventional short form: Pakistan |
| Data code: | PK |
| Government type: | federal republic |
| National capital: | Islamabad |
| Independence: | 14 August 1947 |
| Legal system: | based on English common law with provisions to accommodate Pakistan's status as an Islamic state; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Suffrage: | 21 years of age; universal; separate electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for non-Muslims and tribal areas |
| Judicial branch: | Supreme Court, judicial chiefs are appointed by the president; Federal Islamic (Shari'at) Court |
| Flag description: | green with a vertical white band (symbolizing the role of religious minorities) on the hoist side; a large white crescent and star are centered in the green field; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam |
| Economy | |
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| GDP: | purchasing power parity—$344 billion (1997 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | 3.1% (1997 est.) |
| GDP - per capita: | purchasing power parity—$2,600 (1997 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
24.2% industry: 26.4% services: 49.4% (1997) |
| Inflation rate - consumer price index: | 11.8% (FY96/97) |
| Labor force: | total:
37.8 million (1998) by occupation: agriculture 47%, mining and manufacturing 17%, services 17%, other 19% note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor |
| Unemployment rate: | NA% |
| Budget: | revenues:
$9.6 billion expenditures: $13.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97) |
| Industries: | textiles, food processing, beverages, construction materials, clothing, paper products, shrimp |
| Industrial production growth rate: | 3.3% (FY96/97 est.) |
| Agriculture - products: | cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs |
| Exports: | total value:
$8.2 billion (FY96/97) commodities: cotton, textiles, clothing, rice, leather, carpets partners: EU, US, Hong Kong, Japan |
| Imports: | total value:
$11.4 billion (FY96/97) commodities: petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, transportation equipment, vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals partners: EU, Japan, US, China |
| Debt - external: | $33 billion (1997 est.) |
| Energy Information: | Country Analysis Briefs - Pakistan |
| Communications | |
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| Telephones: | 2.552 million (1997) |
| Telephone system: | domestic:
microwave radio relay international: satellite earth stations—3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); microwave radio relay to neighboring countries |
| Radio broadcast stations: | AM 26, FM 8, shortwave 11 |
| Radios: | 11.3 million (1992 est.) |
| Televisions: | 2.08 million (1993 est.) |
| Distance Road Map: | Click here |
| Transportation | |
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| Railways: | total: 8,163 km |
| Highways: | total: 224,774 km |
| Pipelines: | crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 885 km; natural gas 4,044 km (1987) |
| Merchant marine: | total:
24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 416,875 GRT/684,580 DWT ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 15, container 3, oil tanker 1 (1997 est.) |
| Ports and harbors: | Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim |
| Transnational Issues | |
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| Disputes - international: | status of Kashmir with India; water-sharing problems with India over the Indus River (Wular Barrage) |
| Illicit drugs: | illicit producer of opium and hashish for the international drug trade (cultivation in 1997—4,100 hectares, a 21% increase over 1996; potential production—85 metric tons, a 13% increase over 1996); center for processing Afghan heroin and key transit area for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western markets |
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