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The Geography of Pakistan (Urdu: جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north.
The map is accurate as of September 30, 2020 and has been made using data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and UN OCHA's HumData Database (which citypopulation.de uses). Each color depicts a different administrative division (higher than a district but lower than a province). The same map with the district names not shown can be found here.
On 7 September 1958, after four years of negotiations (including six months of intense negotiations), Pakistan purchased the enclave of Gwadar from Oman for ₨.5.5 billion (US$3 million; approximately $22,410,311.42 in 2017). [13] Gwadar formally became a part of Pakistan on 8 December 1958, ending 174 years of Omani rule.
Historical regions of Pakistan (1 C, 11 P) N. Northern Pakistan (5 C, 1 P) R. Regions of Punjab, Pakistan (1 C, 15 P) S. Saraikistan (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category ...
When West Pakistan was dissolved, the divisions were regrouped into four new provinces. Gradually over the late 1970s, new divisions were formed; Hazara and Kohat divisions were split from Peshawar Division; Gujranwala Division was formed from parts of Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions; Dera Ghazi Khan Division was split from Multan Division; Faisalabad Division was split from Sargodha Division ...
A district council (or zila council) is a local government body at the district level.. The functions of a district council include construction and maintenance of roads, and bridges, building hospitals and dispensaries, schools and educational institutions, health facilities and sanitation, tube wells for drinking water, rest houses, and coordination of activities of the Union councils within ...
Range/Region Height Height Location 1 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Tirich Mir: Hindu Kush: 7,708 25,230 It is located in Chitral District. [2] 2 Balochistan: Loe Nekan: Zarghun Ghar: 3,578 11,739 It is located in Quetta District. 3 Sindh: Zardak Peak Kirthar Mountains: 2,787 8,895 It is located in Dadu District. 4 Punjab: Kashmir Point: Himalaya: 2,260 ...
Region HDI (2022) [1] Medium human development 1 Islamabad Capital Territory: 0.654 2 Azad Kashmir: 0.589 3 Gilgit-Baltistan: 0.574 3 Punjab: 0.550 Low human development - Pakistan: 0.540: 4 Sindh: 0.533 5 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 0.511 6 Balochistan: 0.460